PROTECT OUR VOTING RIGHTS
#VoterSuppression
#VotingRights
Free and fair elections are the bedrock of a functioning democracy. And the US voting system is under attack – at home and abroad.
At home Trump has launched a “voter fraud” commission. With this commission Trump hopes to suppress the vote in 2018 and 2020 http://wapo.st/2uaiZiY. Oregon is partially complying with the commission http://to.pbs.org/2tfbwvy.
Abroad, Russia is attacking our vote. US intelligence agencies definitively state that Russia attacked the United States 2016 elections http://politi.co/2tA35v4.
Trump and the GOP are doing little to protect our elections from Russia:
— Mitch McConnell blocked a bipartisan warning of Russian involvement in the 2016 elections http://bit.ly/2v44dqe.
— Trump believes Russia when they deny interfering in our elections http://cnn.it/2uFhPZM
— Trump briefly proposed a cyber security task force with Russia http://cnn.it/2t3zqZd
We may as well mail our ballots to Moscow http://bit.ly/2tGezNP.
In order to protect our vote from Russia we must know how they hacked our 2016 election. For this we need an independent commission. Special counsel Mueller is tasked with legal issues around the President’s conduct. The GOP-run House and Senate committees are making little progress.
We must protect our voter information!
We must demand an independent commission!
Our democracy depends on it!
**ACTION 1: CALL SENATORS MERKLEY AND WYDEN**
SAMPLE SCRIPT FOR SENATOR MERKLEY
“My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon. I want to thank Senator Merkley for his support on S. 27 which will establish an independent commission regarding Russian interference in our election. I ask that the Senator do all he can to bring this bill to the floor for a vote. Thank you.”
SAMPLE SCRIPT FOR SENATOR WYDEN
“My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon. I understand Senator has not signed on to S. 27 which will establish an independent commission regarding Russian interference in our election. I ask the Senator to co-sponsor this bill and do all he can to bring this bill to the floor for a vote. Thank you.”
**ACTION 2: CALL CONGRESSMAN WALDEN**
SAMPLE SCRIPT:
“My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon. I am disappointed that Congressman Walden has not signed on to support HR 356 which will establish an independent commission regarding Russian interference in our election. I ask the Congressman to put country ahead of party, co-sponsor this bill, then do all he can to bring it to the floor for a vote. Thank you.”
**ACTION 3: CALL SECRETARY OF STATE DENNIS RICHARDSON**
SAMPLE SCRIPT:
“My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon. I am very concerned about President Trump’s voter fraud commission. I would like to thank the Secretary of State for not handing over private information and ask that he deny the commission access to ANY of Oregon’s voter information. Thank you.”
PHONE NUMBERS: Keep calling until you can leave a message with a person or a machine.
SENATOR MERKLEY
Portland: (503) 326-3386, DC: (202) 224-3753
Salem: (503) 362-8102, Eugene: (541) 465-6750
Medford: (541) 608-9102, Bend: (541) 318-1298
Pendleton: (541) 278-1129
SENATOR WYDEN
Portland: (503) 326-7525, DC: (202) 224-5244
Salem: (503) 589-4555, Eugene: (541) 431-0229
Medford: (541) 858-5122, Bend: (541) 330-9142
La Grande: (541) 960-7691
CONGRESSMAN WALDEN
DC (202) 225-6730, Medford: (541) 776-4646,
Bend (541) 389-4408, La Grande (541) 624-2400
SECRETARY OF STATE DENNIS RICHARDSON
(503) 986-1523
https://www.vox.com/…/trump-putin-g20-russia-hacking-campai…
