To: The United States House of Representatives and The United States Senate
Save the Election Assistance Commission!
Americans deserve elections that are secure, accessible, and open to every eligible voter. Getting rid of the Election Assistance Commission -- which works every day to ensure that thousands of jurisdictions around the country use best practices to conduct elections-- would be deeply irresponsible. We can’t let that happen!
Why is this important?
House Republicans want to eliminate the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) -- and we can’t let that happen.
The EAC’s job is to ensure our election infrastructure meets the highest standards for security and usability. They work with state officials to help them meet these standards, and gather information about the best ways to ensure that every eligible voter can have their vote counted.
With still-unanswered questions about the influence of Russian hacking on the 2016 election, now is the worst possible time to throw out these critical safeguards. That’s why we we can’t let Republicans gut this critical commission.
Congress created the EAC when it passed the Help America Vote Act in 2002 -- a package of reforms to improve voting systems and voter access in the wake of the 2000 election. We’ve made a lot of progress since then, but there’s still more work to do -- gutting this agency now would be the wrong move.
The greatest democracy in the world deserves the best, most secure elections system in the world. The EAC works every day to make that a reality -- so we can’t let Congress eliminate it. Add your name today: we must save the Election Assistance Commission.
The EAC’s job is to ensure our election infrastructure meets the highest standards for security and usability. They work with state officials to help them meet these standards, and gather information about the best ways to ensure that every eligible voter can have their vote counted.
With still-unanswered questions about the influence of Russian hacking on the 2016 election, now is the worst possible time to throw out these critical safeguards. That’s why we we can’t let Republicans gut this critical commission.
Congress created the EAC when it passed the Help America Vote Act in 2002 -- a package of reforms to improve voting systems and voter access in the wake of the 2000 election. We’ve made a lot of progress since then, but there’s still more work to do -- gutting this agency now would be the wrong move.
The greatest democracy in the world deserves the best, most secure elections system in the world. The EAC works every day to make that a reality -- so we can’t let Congress eliminate it. Add your name today: we must save the Election Assistance Commission.