It has 40,000 views already!
Please tag: @CarlHeastie @LtGovDelgado @GovKathyHochul @RepJeffries @NYAMCunningham
What’s happening with NY Elections?
New York voters need protection and you can help. We want to continue to vote with a pen & paper, the way we have for years. It helps reduce costs, keeps wait times down, and is preferred by security & auditing experts.
Our elections are at a dangerous crossroads. New types of voting machines, called “all-in-one” and “universal-use”, are attempting to flood the state. These systems do not allow you to vote with a pen and paper. Legislation, called VIVA NY, has been proposed to help. It passed the NY Senate, but not the Assembly. We believe well-connected lobbyists for expensive voting machines are blocking the bill.
But the NY Assembly is in session for one last day on June 21st, and we are asking them to pass the bill.
We are sharing a celebrity video &
calling the Speaker of the NY Assembly.
When you share the video – here is a message you can tweet:
Do the right thing @CarlHeastie Let voters choose how they vote, not lobbyists. Hand-marked paper ballots cost less, make lines shorter & are reliable for audits. @LtGovDelgado, @GovKathyHochul @RepJeffries @NYAMCunningham Pass #VIVANY! #NYAssembly #StopListeningToLobbyists
We are immensely grateful for your support.
On June 21st we will call the Speaker of the NY Assembly and ask them to pass VIVA NY. Please Dial #250 on a mobile phone to be connected to NY Speaker Heastie’s office. Here are more detailed instructions.
VIVA NY (Voting Integrity and Verification Act of New York) A5934A(Cunningham) /S6169A(Cleare)
You can also download the video and post it yourself!
Our 1st celebrity ad in support of VIVA NY has almost 400,000 views.
VIVA NY – The Voting Integrity and Verification Act of New York A5934A S6169A
will protect voters & our elections.
YOU CAN HELP
CALL THE NY ASSEMBLY
Then Say
“VIVA New York!”
To call the
NY Assembly Speaker.
& Help Pass
VIVA NY now!
Or call NY Speaker Carl Heastie
(pronounced Hay-stee) directly at
518-455-3791
Say:“STOP LISTENING TO LOBBYISTS.
PASS VIVA NY!”
Suggested Script: Please pass VIVA New York immediately. We want to make sure voters have the option to vote with both a hand-marked paper ballot and a ballot marking device in all NY polling places. This is how we’ve been voting and it works great. New voting machines are coming into the state that will eliminate hand-marked paper ballots wherever they are used if we don’t pass this bill. Please pass this bill immediately.
When you dial #250 you’ll be connected to a switchboard that connects you to NY Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and makes it easier for you to have an impact. Here are more detailed instructions.
Thank you!
Put in your address & Select Election Protection.
Suggested Script: I’m asking you to co-sponsor and support the immediate passage of VIVA New York. We want to make sure voters have the option to vote with both a hand-marked paper ballot and a ballot marking device in all NY polling places. This is how we’ve been voting and it works great. New voting machines are coming into the state that will eliminate hand-marked paper ballots wherever they are used if we don’t pass this bill. Please co-sponsor and pass this bill immediately.
New voting systems are scheduled for approval in Summer of 2023.
More Info: One of these new voting systems also wraps your vote in a barcode. The barcode is what’s counted, not the text you see. There is no way for you to verify who you are voting for.
DON’T ENCODE MY VOTE IN A BARCODE.
One of the voting machines applying for use in NY counts votes with barcodes. Experts say that using barcodes to count votes makes it “impossible for the voter to verify who they voted for.”
“The barcode-based setup “makes a mockery of the notion that the ballot is ‘voter-verifiable,’” said Duncan Buell, a computer science professor at the University of South Carolina, because “what the voter verifies is not what is tallied.”
Colorado, a leader in election security, has banned barcodes in counting votes, due to the high risk.
You can join the coalition fighting to preserve our way of voting in New York.
12pm on Fridays – Open discussion about the problem and solutions with voting machines and elections in New York. Strategy meeting to pass urgent legislation and make sure the voting machines we use in New York protect voters and elections.
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