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Lobby Days and Democracy Days in Washington, D.C., from June 9-14, 2005, has been a big success with lots of lobbying visits to support voter-verified paper ballot legislation.

VerifiedVoting.org Nationwide Coordinator Pamela Smith appeared alongside Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ) at a press conference (see photo courtesy Jackie Jarnocan top left). Chellie Pingree of Common Cause and Joan Krawitz of VoteTrustUSA also appeared at the press conference (see photo courtesy Jackie Jarnocan below).

Lobbyists on behalf of H.R.550 wore the following badge while visiting their representatives in the House office buildings.

Participating Organizations:

• Common Cause
• Electronic Frontier Foundation
• Rock the Vote
• VerifiedVoting.org
• Voters Unite
• VoteTrustUSA

Media Releases:

• VerifiedVoting.org Lobbies on Voter-Verified Paper Ballots, VerifiedVoting.org, June 10, 2005
• Election Reform Groups, Activists Support Federal Legislation That Would Require a Voter-Verifiable Paper Trail, Common Cause, June 10, 2005
• Advocates in D.C. to Support Voter-Verified Paper Ballots, VerifiedVoting.org, June 6, 2005

Event Coverage:

• Stow DTC Member Lobbies Congress, The Beacon Villager, June 30, 2005
  
• Looming '06 Congressional Vote Heats Up Election Reform, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 13, 2005
  
• Election Reform Bid Seeks to Create Voter's Paper Trail, CNSNews.com via Townhall.com, June 13, 2005
• Congress Called On to Fix Problems, Toledo Blade, June 12, 2005
• Verified Voting Lobby Days Pics, Jackie Jarnocan, June 11, 2005
• VerifiedVoting.org Lobbies on Voter-Verified Paper Ballots, Kansas City infoZine, June 11, 2005
• An Important Election Safeguard, New York Times, June 10, 2005
• Lobby Days Blog, Electronic Frontier Foundation, June 9-10, 2005
• VerifiedVoting.org Lobbies on Voter-Verified Paper Ballots, Kiosk Marketplace, June 10, 2005
• Transparent Lobbying for E-voting Reform This Week, Kansas City infoZine, June 10, 2005
• Standing Together for a Paper Trail, Common Cause, June 10, 2005