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Feinstein buckles – You did it!

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Hey all,

Congratulations! Thanks to your 2399 calls to Sen. Reid's office in the past 36 hours to hold Senator Feinstein accountable, she just voted with the rest of the Democrats for a FISA bill WITHOUT telecom immunity. There'll be a floor fight in the Senate, but tonight we celebrate our victory.

Below is the email DFA's Political Director Charles Chamberlain just sent out.

Thanks,

Ilya 

Dear DFA Member,

I don't normally send out an email at the end of the day, but something incredible just happened.

This evening, the Senate Democrats finally stood up to President Bush. And it was all because of DFA members like you.

Senate Democrats are now refusing to let Bush get away with his latest egregious abuse of power. They voted unanimously for a bill WITHOUT retroactive immunity to the major telecom companies who broke the law.

Everyone expected Dianne Feinstein to vote with the Republicans, but because of your work Senator Feinstein did the right thing and voted for the bill without retroactive immunity.

DFA stepped in. We sent a call to action, and you stepped up. With over 175 calls per hour totaling 2,399 reported calls to Senate Majority Leader Reid, DFA members across the country put the pressure on Democrats to do the right thing. And we won!

DFA stands up to Democrats who align themselves with Bush. But we can't do it without you. Contribute $15 today so we can keep the pressure on.

http://www.Democracy…

Now, because of your action, Bush's allies in his illegal war against our civil liberties will be held accountable. Because of you, the law will apply to everyone — without special exceptions for Bush's corporate buddies.

And most importantly, together, we stood up to a Democrat who too often forgets which party she belongs to. And we won!

Whether it's defeating Republicans or holding Democrats accountable, your contribution of $15 gives DFA the tools to take our country back.

http://www.Democracy…

Thank you for taking action to hold the Bush Administration accountable. Tonight we celebrate; tomorrow we get back to work.

-Charles

Charles Chamberlain
Political Director

 

Diaries & Misc.

California DFA Members Stand with Debra Bowen

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(Crossposted at http://www.blogforamerica.com)

Last Friday, Secretary of State Debra Bowen took a major step forward in restoring election integrity by decertifying electronic voting machines with the “potential for serious security breaches”. Our DFA-List endorsed candidate followed through on her campaign promise to require a top-to-bottom review of election procedures and take action on the results.

Now Sacramento lobbyists and media pundits are trying to stop reform and influence the county officials charged with implementing the changes. Yesterday and today, DFA members in California placed hundreds of calls in support of Debra Brown and verifiable elections and delivered this message:

“I support Secretary of State Debra Bowen’s decision to restore election integrity and ban unsafe voting machines. I’m counting on you to support the ban and protect our votes.”

Here is a some of the feedback we received:

Deanna in Los Angeles County:

Phone was very busy. Aide who finally answered said they were swamped with calls, all in favor of Debra Bowen's decision. Told her I served on the Election Board and was very concerned. She took my phone number and thanked me.

Gerry in Ventura County:

He was very polite and cordial and appreciated my call and comments. He said he supported Debra Bowen's work and efforts and mentioned that Ventura Co uses paper ballots in almost all instances. He also gave me his phone number and email address. Very pleased with his response!

More feedback below the fold:

Kayleen in Yolo County:

One of Oakley's office people answered. When I said that I wanted to urge the Clerk to support Debra Bowen in banning unsafe voting machines, she put me on the phone with the Clerk. Freddie Oakley the clerk said that she whole heartedly supported Bowen in this action. She also relayed that she thought she was the only clerk that did so…

Response to Leslie in El Dorado County:

"I support Ms. Bowen's decision, our county uses paper ballot optical scan as the primary method of voting at polling places already, we will comply with her additional security procedures. Thank you for your interest……Bill" William E. Schultz Recorder-Clerk-Registrar of Voters El Dorado

Sarah in Santa Cruz County:

I reached a staffer named Crystal, who said enthusiastically that "We are implementing the changes"–and took advantage of my call to sign me up to be a poll worker. I asked whether they were getting a lot of calls about the voting machine ban; she said yes.

Keep the calls coming today!

Find your county official and phone number:

http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/elections_d.htm

After you make the call, please report how it went here:

http://www.democracyforamerica.com/reportcall

Debra Bowen has come through for California. Now it is up to you to stand by her and make sure every vote counts. Keep up the pressure by calling today!