Real Election Reform in Danger: Extremely Important to Be at the Roundhouse Saturday and Monday!

It's being reported that most of the effective language about Voter Verified Paper Ballots and Automatic Audit is being removed from the election reform measures that will be heard tomorrow (Saturday) morning at 8:00 AM at the House Voters & Elections Committee in Room 305 of the Roundhouse in Santa Fe.

It's very important that we have a good turnout at the Committee hearing and even more crucial that we have a HUGE crowd at the Election Reform Rally from Noon to 2:00 PM tomorrow at the East entrance to the Roundhouse. If we don't turn out in large numbers to demand election reform measures as spelled out in Sen. Cisco McSorley's SB1065, we may not get any meaningful reform this Legislative Session.

Now is the time to SHOW UP (as Howard Dean is fond of saying) and stand up for real election reform that can guarantee our votes are counted, and counted correctly in future elections.

THIS JUST IN:
I just learned that the combination election reform bill on the Senate side, SB678, will be heard in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday afternoon. The Committee hearing begins at 2:30 PM, but it's not known exactly what time SB678 will be discussed. It could be as late as 5:00 PM.

SB678 is the election reform bill that was passed by the Senate Rules Committee and negotiated with Governor Richardson's office by Committee Chair Linda Lopez. Click to read and track SB678, the Committee substitute for SB678, 680, 718 and 735.

It is also EXTREMELY IMPORTANT that people attend this hearing to express support for VVPB and Automatic Audit. So I hope some of us can be there Monday as well as Saturday.