EVERYTHING IS AT STAKE.
SECURE OUR ELECTIONS. NOW.
ACTION ONE: CALL YOUR SENATORS
SAMPLE SCRIPT FOR WYDEN AND MERKLEY:
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code]. I am calling because…
the Mueller report shows how vast and effective the Russians were in influencing our elections in 2016. We have to secure the 2020 election in order to have confidence in the outcome. Every proposal to protect our election system from foreign attacks – including yours – has been blocked in the Senate by McConnell. I am demanding that you and others pressure him to ensure our elections are protected from another damaging attack.
CALL SENATOR MERKLEY
CALL SENATOR WYDEN
ACTION TWO: CALL YOUR HOUSE REPS
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SAMPLE SCRIPTS FOR REPRESENTATIVES:
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code]. I am calling because…
the Mueller report shows how vast and effective the Russians were in influencing our elections in 2016. We have to secure the 2020 election in order to have confidence in the outcome. HR-1 contains many necessary measures to protect our election system from foreign attacks. But it has been blocked in the Senate by McConnell. I am demanding that you and others show us that you are pressing McConnell to ensure our elections are protected from another damaging attack.
CALL SUZANNE BONAMICI (OR-01)
CALL GREG WALDEN (OR-02)
CALL BLUMENAUER (OR-03)
CALL PETER DEFAZIO (OR-04)
CALL KURT SCHRADER (OR-05)
BACKGROUND:
“Everything is at stake” – from our Constitution to our climate – in the 2020 presidential elections, says House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. And it is a certainty that Russia will again attack our elections.
The evidence and analysis in the Mueller report shows how Russians used misinformation, societal division, and security gaps in the election infrastructure – all to undermine faith in the democratic process.
Russians probed all 50 states’ election systems looking for vulnerabilities. They stole gigabytes of data from the Democrats and voter information from states.
After two years of laying the groundwork, by 2016 they reached 126 million people through Facebook alone, and millions more through Twitter, YouTube and Tumblr. They organized dozens of rallies and often took both sides on issues, simply to push supporters to extremes.
To secure the vote, Congress allocated $380 million for states to improve their cyber security. Of that meager sum, only 8% has been used. Much more action and money is needed but Mitch McConnell says no.
We have to pressure Trump, who has never condemned Russia for its sneak attack, and McConnell too by demanding our elections be secure. We must have confidence in the results. Everything is at stake.
