CONGRESS MUST STAND UP FOR ELECTION SECURITY 

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…
safeguarding our elections can’t wait.  I want to thank the Senator for introducing the PAVE act to require paper ballots.  Now we need him to push his fellow Senators to find the courage to demand that this and all election security legislation be brought to a vote.  Thank you.

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…
SAMPLE SCRIPT FOR ALL BUT WALDEN: 
…safeguarding our elections can’t wait.  I want to thank the Representative for co-sponsoring HR 1 which includes important voting rights and anti-corruption provisions.  Now we need him/her to push his/her colleagues in the Senate to find the courage to demand that the Senate companion bill, and all election security legislation be brought to a vote. Thank you.
SAMPLE SCRIPT FOR WALDEN:  
…safeguarding our elections can’t wait.  I am asking the Representative to put his constituents and his country over party and support election security legislation.  We need him to find the courage to push his Republican colleagues in the Senate to demand that all election security bills be brought to a vote. Thank you.

BACKGROUND:

The Russian attacks on our 2016 elections were serious.  Our intelligence agencies have warned us that attacks will be much more serious in 2020.  Not just by Russia, but by other hostile foreign powers as well. 
We know that Trump was eager to accept foreign assistance in 2016.  Recently, in an open invitation to any interested malicious agents, he stated quite clearly that if he was offered foreign help again, he would take it.   
Election security bills have been introduced that address vulnerable computer systems, disinformation campaigns and accepting foreign assistance.  Mitch McConnell has declared that he will allow none to be considered by the Senate. 
The Trump-McConnell alliance is a parasitic symbiosis which exists to safeguard power and corruption, and it’s a  threat to the integrity of our electoral system.  By permitting foreign intervention in our elections, they are undermining the very basis of Democracy. 
 Unless the determination and backbone are found in Congress to overcome McConnell’s obstruction, nothing will be done to safeguard our elections.    
Call your MOCs.  Tell them to fight for the PAVE act for paper ballots, the FIRE act to require campaigns to report foreign contacts, and HR1 to address corruption and protect our votes. 

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