Grassroots Washington

Grassroots Washington works to restore the free and fair elections that are indispensable to political freedom by cleaning up the system and changing the broken status quo. Our actions will not encourage political party preferences, a re-vote, or the recall of elected officials. These issues are being dealt with in other arenas. But Grassroots Washington will work to:

• convince the legislature to force implementation of existing federal and state laws and administrative rules,
• impact the Governor’s Task Force on Elections, whose report is due March 1, 2005 [Goal Accomplished], and
• push for election reforms prior to any potential re-vote.

Achieving our goal requires citizen involvement at many levels: attendance at legislative hearings and task force meetings; writing letters to the editor; talking with media, etc. Will you help us?

You can download our list of legislative recommendation here:
EFF's election reform recommendations to the legislature

"Local U.S. Attorneys have the power to summon and conduct grand jury investigations under 28 USC 542. Don’t let local officials tell you they don’t have the power to investigate the 2004 election fiasco.” - Alex Bohler, EFF's Voter Integrity Project

*ACTION ITEM ALERT

Bob Williams of the Evergreen Freedom Foundation and Mike Siegel of KTTH are co-hosting two “Town Hall" meetings to address the current election fiasco and discuss ways to improve the election process in Washington State.

Bob and Mike will bring you up to date on the investigation of the 2004 elections and what must be done to fix the system. With the legislative session drawing to a close, now is a crucial time to make a united effort to bring real reforms to the election process.

These meetings are free and open to the public, so plan to attend with your family, friends and anyone interested in election reforms.

Monday, April, 18, 2005
Pioneer Park Pavilion
330 South Meridian
Puyallup, WA
6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Friday, April 22, 2005
Shelton Civic Center
525 W. Cota Street
Shelton, WA
6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

For more information visit www.effwa.org or contact Jonathan Bechtle of the Evergreen Freedom Foundation at jbechtle@effwa.org or 360-956-3482.

*ACTION ITEM ALERT
The League of Women Voters has canceled their April 20 and May 3 town hall meetings.

Standing Action Items:

1. Write letters to your local newspaper editors. Get the ideas out there. Let people know you’re aware of what’s going on and you expect state officials to answer to citizens. Newspaper links

2. Call your local talk radio shows. Washington Radio Stations

3. Call the Washington State Legislative Hotline: 1-800-562-6000 or look up your legislators online. Ask them to support EFF's election reform recommendations.

4. Contact Secretary of State Sam Reed and let him know that you expect him to do his job and secure a fair and lawful election. Call (360) 902-4151 or email sreed@secstate.wa.gov.

5. Consider making a financial contribution to EFF to support our defense of the rule of law.

Our message should be clear. We want the legislators to support real election reforms and:

1. Require that by December 30, 2005, the state conduct a 100% new registration with people required to register in their legal name and show proof of citizenship and a birth certificate. In war-torn Iraq, they were able to accomplish this in 45 days.
2. Require photo and signature Identification before a voter can vote.
3. Require state and local election officials to implement the 2002 Federal Help America Vote Act (HAVA) and the 2003 Legislative changes.

You can download our list of legislative recommendation here:
EFF's election reform recommendations to the legislature

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Evergreen Freedom Foundation P.O. Box 552, Olympia, WA 98507 Phone: (360) 956-3482, Fax: (360) 352-1874 Email: effwa@effwa.org