DEMAND PAPER BALLOTS AND A FUNCTIONING FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 

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…
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 the PAVE act, the SAFE act, and all election security legislation be brought to a vote.  We also need him to work to get qualified FEC administrators confirmed immediately.  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:  We need him/her to push his/her colleagues in the Senate to find the courage to overcome Mitch McConnell’s cynical obstruction and demand all election security legislation be brought to a vote; and to confirm qualified FEC administrators immediately. Thank you. 
SAMPLE SCRIPT FOR WALDEN:   I am calling to ask 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, and qualified FEC administrators must be confirmed immediately.  Thank you.

BACKGROUND:

Last week Christopher Wray, Trump’s own FBI director, testified that Russia is “absolutely intent on trying to interfere with our elections.”   
We’ve seen the videos of machines flipping votes in Mississippi.  We know that every voting machine currently being used can be hacked. Russian online propaganda continues unabated. 
Mitch McConnell stated that he would not allow any election security legislation to be brought to a vote by the Senate.  And presumably to please Trump and any others, domestic or foreign, to whom he is beholden, McConnell has blocked every single one. 
The FEC whose job it is to safeguard elections from domestic corruption and foreign influence now lacks a legal quorum to do business and has shut down.  No member who has resigned since 2016 has been replaced. 
Hand marked paper ballots will protect against election hacking.  We need the PAVE and SAFE acts. 
The FEC was working on election ad transparency when it shut down.  We need a fully functioning Federal Election Commission. 
Tell your MOCs to demand that every colleague who cares about Democracy have the courage to overcome McConnell’s cynical obstruction and pass election security legislation, and to confirm qualified FEC candidates immediately. 

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