Letter to Congress Urging Paper Ballots
February 2, 2007

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Demos joined a coalition of organizations urging Congress to enact legislation protecting the accuracy of elections by requiring paper ballots. The letter, signed by 37 organizations, includes the following statement: "We, the undersigned non-partisan election integrity organizations, strongly urge you, as a first order of business in the 110th Congress, to enact new federal legislation to protect the integrity of our elections. While there are many areas of concern for any such legislation, none is more essential to the accuracy of our elections and the confidence among our electorate than for there to be a paper ballot for every vote cast. Not a paper "trail" or a paper "record," but a paper ballot."