[ [link removed] ]Secure Our Elections
 
 

Dear Friend,

Imagine this...It’s late on November 3, 2020. You are glued to the TV
watching the election results come in and the candidates for President are
neck and neck. Suddenly, there is a news flash – reports are coming in
that another country has hacked our elections and no one can verify the
results.
Want to avoid this nightmare?

Today is a national call-in day for election security — and our success
depends on people like you taking a minute to let your U.S. Senators know
you want them to take action to secure our elections.

[ [link removed] ]We need your voice! Tell your U.S. Senators and U.S. Senate Majority
Leader Mitch McConnell to take action now to secure our elections!

Here is what you can do right now to remind lawmakers that our elections
matter. (You don’t have to do them all to make a difference. Just doing
one of the below will help save democracy!)

* Call them! Just dial [ tel:1-888-907-9957 ]1-888-907-9957 and we’ll connect you and
provide a script.

* [ [link removed] ]Email them. Our tool makes sending a short note to your lawmaker
quick and easy. (We provide a template letter that you can edit before
you send.)

* [ [link removed] ]Write a letter to the editor. Use our simple tool to quickly and
easily send a letter to the editor of your local newspaper. Don’t
worry—sending a letter to the editor is super easy! When you click on
the link above, we’ll lead you through a quick process to write a
letter to the editor of your local newspaper. This tool is pretty
magical—you can easily edit our pre-drafted letter if you wish
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paper with just a few clicks.

The entire national security community agrees that election interference
in 2016 was only a preview of what's to come unless Congress acts. [1] Yet
the U.S. Senate has failed to allocate critical election security funding
for states and localities.

Our Senators need to know that we demand immediate action to secure our
vote ahead of upcoming elections. Though Special Counsel Robert Mueller's
investigation resulted in 37 indictments or guilty pleas and 5 prison
sentences, those indictments won't stop Russia, or another hostile foreign
power, from interfering in our elections. [2]

This is not a drill! A bipartisan U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee
published its report on Russian efforts to influence our election and the
conclusions are frightening. Among other findings, the bipartisan
Committee concluded that the Russians probably targeted election systems
in all 50 states. [3] [4]

Moreover, we know that Russians are not the only actors who might seek to
undermine our elections. The Department of Homeland Security says
non-Russian hackers are also targeting our election infrastructure. [5]

We need to raise our voices on this important issue in a highly visible
way by [ [link removed] ]filling newspapers across the country and by [ tel:1-888-907-9957 ]calling
lawmakers with our message!

Congress must take strong action to deter foreign nations from attempting
to disrupt our elections and ensure that states secure their elections and
have a paper ballot trail that can be audited if questions arise about the
legitimacy of an outcome. 

[ [link removed] ]Take action now! Tell your U.S. Senators and Senate Majority Leader
Mitch McConnell to take action to secure our elections by writing a letter
to the editor of your local newspaper!

There are numerous bills that have been introduced to secure our
elections, but U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has refused to
advance these bills to a vote. [6] Mitch McConnell has been standing in
the way of all attempts to secure the vote.

[ [link removed] ]Every U.S. Senator should hear loud and clear that we demand they not
succumb to McConnell’s obstruction.

It’s time for U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell and the rest of our leaders to
stand up for America’s democracy. Ensuring that our elections are free
from tampering from foreign or domestic actors is not a partisan issue,
it’s an American issue that is critical to the future of our democracy.

The more people who speak out, the bigger our impact. So please take a
moment to forward this message to your friends and family, and/or post the
action links on social media, so they can take part in the national day of
action, too!

Together we are a powerful voice for democracy in our country.

- Tasmiha, Felicia, Donna, Kristin, and the whole MomsRising /
MamásConPoder team

[1] NPR, [ [link removed] ]With Next Goal To Secure 2020 Elections, Feds Seek To Absorb
Lessons From 2016

[2] Axios, [ [link removed] ]Timeline: Every big move in the Mueller investigation

[3] Washington Post, [ [link removed] ]Russians probably targeted election systems in
all 50 states, Senate panel’s report says.

[4] Select Committee on Intelligence, United States Senate, [ [link removed] ]Report on
the Select Committee on Intelligence.

[5] Office of Inspector General, U.S. Dept. of Homeland
Security, [ [link removed] ]Progress Made, But Additional Efforts Are Needed to Secure
the Election Infrastructure 

[6] New York Times, [ [link removed] ]‘Moscow Mitch’ Tag Enrages McConnell and Squeezes
G.O.P. on Election Security. 

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