The Hot Sheet

Reasons to Vote 4

We’ve been knocking on doors asking people if they’re registered to vote and getting people to sign pledge cards that get mailed back to the address listed. Here are a few of the reasons people have given us as to why cast a ballot this fall:

“We need a change! Go vote, Mom!” — Gracie, Greensburg, PA

“The wife will shoot me if I don’t!” — D., Greensburg, PA

“My kids can’t vote yet, and there is no jobs, and minimum wage needs to go up some!” — DeMikea, Pittsburgh, PA

“Mom– Register online!” — Carol, Carnegie, PA

“I’m cool and I’m your best friend. Love, Vickie” — Cassie, Washington, PA

“The economy is dying!!!” — Jowett, Beaver, PA

“As a black female, it’s my constitutional right that so many fought for me to vote.” — Sheila

“Hi man, It may be in your interest to vote this year! Joe.” — Ellen, Allison Park, PA

“I can! I’m angry! I’m broke!” — Raymond, Pittsburgh, PA

“A closed mouth can not speak, my vote is my voice.” — Rashida, Pittsburgh, PA

Opinions expressed belong solely to the individuals mentioned and are not necessarily those of the PA League.

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It happened in West Virginia

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Lobby the County to Protect our VOTES!

If you’re gonna do all that work to get people registered to vote, to learn about their candidates, and get out to the polls, then you’ve gotta take it that last step of ELECTION PROTECTION to make sure that all those votes get counted.

That’s why we’re going to be at the County Council Hearing TUESDAY to encourage them to look into the authenticity of the new electronic voting machines’ software.

JOIN US TUESDAY and let officials know that the voters in their county want their votes counted!

Audit Our Voting Software

County Council Meeting - Tuesday at 5pm, Sept. 9th

4th Floor, County Courthouse - Gold Room

Sign up to speak to council before Monday at 5pm with this link here:
http://www.county.allegheny.pa.us/council/meetings/recomm.asp

We’re asking everyone who works downtown to pop over for the meeting after work! Stay long enough to miss rush hour, and contribute to the collective concern represented there to our elected county officials.

LEARN MORE:

Excerpt from VoteAllegheny’s press release:

“Because the ES&S iVotronic voting machines used in Allegheny County provide no way
for voters to personally verify that their votes have been correctly and accurately recorded,
voters must trust the iVotronic program code to be correct. The inspection and certification
process carried out by the Secretary of the Commonwealth is meaningless unless the County
ensures the machines run exactly the same program the Secretary certifies.”

“Election Commission Bails Out Voting Machine Maker In Time for May Primary,” March 11, 2004
“EVEREST: Evaluation and Validation of Election-Related Equipment, Standards, and Testing,” Sections 6.3 and 7.2.2

See you downtown!
PA League

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