KEEP FIGHTING 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…
Russia and other hostile foreign governments threatening our elections are being enabled by Mitch McConnell and others in the Senate. I want to thank the Senator for his support of election security, but more must be done. I am asking him to insist that legislation be passed that allows voters to use paper ballots and machines that allow manual auditing. Anything less is a ruse to cover for the continued assault on our elections. And because Trump has enabled Russian interference in our Democracy, he must be impeached.
CALL SENATOR MERKLEY
CALL SENATOR WYDEN
ACTION TWO: CALL YOUR HOUSE REP
Not sure who your U.S. Representative is? Find out here.
SAMPLE SCRIPTS FOR REPRESENTATIVES:
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code]. I am calling because…
FOR ALL BUT WALDEN:
Russia and other hostile foreign governments threatening our elections are being enabled by many of our own elected representatives. I want to thank the Representative for his/her support of election security, but more must be done. I am asking him/her to insist that legislation be passed that allows voters to use paper ballots and machines that allow manual auditing. Anything less is a ruse to cover for the continued assault on our elections. And because Trump has enabled Russian interference in our Democracy, he must be impeached.
FOR WALDEN:
Russia and other hostile foreign governments threatening our elections are being enabled by the Representatives Republican colleagues in Congress. I am asking my Representative to finally put country over part and insist that legislation be passed that allows voters to use paper ballots and machines that allow manual auditing. Anything less is a ruse to cover for the continued assault on our elections. And because Trump has enabled Russian interference in our Democracy, he must be impeached.
CALL SUZANNE BONAMICI (OR-01)
CALL GREG WALDEN (OR-02)
CALL BLUMENAUER (OR-03)
CALL PETER DEFAZIO (OR-04)
CALL KURT SCHRADER (OR-05)
ACTION THREE: HELP REGISTER VOTERS
ACTION THREE: HELP REGISTER VOTERS. Indivisible Oregon is organizing letter-writing parties using Swing Left tools to contact voters whose voter registration data may need updating. Find a letter writing party near you or organize one yourself: https://swingleft.org/events.
BACKGROUND:
Fiona Hill is a non-partisan career diplomat. She’s the former top European Russia expert at the National Security Council and has served under both Republican and Democratic presidents.
Her testimony during the impeachment hearings is a stark warning that the foundation of our democracy, our elections, are endangered by hostile foreign governments, particularly Russia.
“Based on questions and statements I have heard, some of you on this committee appear to believe that Russia and its security services did not conduct a campaign against our country — and that perhaps, somehow, for some reason, Ukraine did,” Hill said. “This is a fictional narrative that has been perpetrated and propagated by the Russian security services themselves.”
“President Putin and the Russian security services operate like a super PAC.” “They deploy millions of dollars to weaponize our own political opposition research and false narratives.
“I would ask that you please not promote politically driven falsehoods that so clearly advance Russian interests,” “These fictions are harmful even if they are deployed for purely domestic political purposes.”
Republicans continue to block bills that seek to improve election security. Time is running for the 2020 elections. Our MOC’s must continue to fight to protect our votes.
