As you know, there are many problems with our voting system that need to be fixed soon. Here at Common Cause, we are working at the federal, state, and local level to pass reforms that will fix our flawed election system.

While some of the problems with our election system may take several years to solve, we believe that with your help, we can fix one of the major concerns - the security and integrity of electronic voting machines - in this session of Congress. Many of you were among the tens of millions of Americans who voted this fall on an electronic machine. Did you wonder where your votes went after touching that screen? Do you have confidence that your vote was counted as cast? We can address this concern if all voting systems are required to provide a voter-verified paper ballot.

The good news is that this issue has strong bipartisan support in Congress. U.S. Representative Rush Holt (D-NJ) has already introduced legislation - HR 550 - that requires that every voting system have a paper record that can be verified by the voter before finally casting his or her vote. So, touch-screen machines would have to print a paper ballot recording your vote.
We can pass this reform bill with your support. Please call your representative today and ask him or her to support this bill. Click on the following link, and you will find your representative either by entering a nine-digit zip code or your mailing address. You can then click on your representative's name to get the phone number:
www.commoncause.org/findelectedofficials