From Democracy For America: Let's build on this momentum. Last week we circulated a petition calling on Speaker of the House-elect Nancy Pelosi to put paper ballots on the agenda in the new Congress' first 100 hours. Can you help us send her an overwhelming message?

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"Paperless electronic voting machines used throughout much of the country cannot be made secure." That is the assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, reported by The Washington Post. The New York Times also recently ran an editorial entitled "Deja Vu in Florida" proclaiming "electronic voting without the full array of protections, including a voter-verified paper trail, is unacceptable." Let's build on this momentum. Last week we circulated a petition calling on Speaker of the House-elect Nancy Pelosi to put paper ballots on the agenda in the new Congress' first 100 hours. Can you help us send her an overwhelming message? http://www.democracyforamerica.com/paperballots Americans are outraged that paperless voting machines cannot be trusted. Here are some of the comments by concerned voters who have already signed the petition: "Paper ballots are the only reliable way to reproduce election results. As an electrical engineer, I can tell you that the software programming of electronic balloting is just too easy to alter and modify. Please make this a top priority." -- Shabad K. "Voting machines have been proven to be vulnerable to tampering. We cannot continue to put Americans' votes at risk." -- Peggy T. "Trust yet verify!" -- Penny B. "Let's eliminate the doubts that have cast long shadows over every elected official in a close election since 2000. It is LONG past time. And nothing on the agenda is more important than the will of the people." -- John L. "Using paper ballots is easy, inexpensive and reliable." -- Donna L. We need your help. Let's make sure that the new Democratic majority makes paper ballots mandatory in the first 100 hours: http://www.democracyforamerica.com/paperballots Thanks for making a difference, Jim Dean Chair /---------------------------------------------\ |Paid for by Democracy for America, |www.democracyforamerica.com , |and not authorized by any candidate. |Contributions to Democracy |for America are not deductible for |federal income tax purposes.