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Comments on Iowa’s HF 928 regarding election recounts

Download PDF March 25, 2025 House Committee on State Government Iowa House of Representatives 1007 East Grand Avenue Des Moines, Iowa 50319 via email Dear Chair Bloomingdale and Committee Members: On behalf of Verified Voting, I offer these informational comments on Iowa’s House File 928, the successor bill to H.F. 596, which reduces access to…

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Download PDF March 18, 2025 Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations Washington House of Representatives 416 Sid Snyder SW Olympia, WA 98504 via email Dear Chair Mena and Committee Members, On behalf of Verified Voting, I write in opposition to the online portal for electronic ballot return provisions included in Senate Bill 5017. Since…

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Testimony opposing of Vermont’s Misc. Elections Bill 25-0242 regarding electronic ballot return

Download PDF March 11, 2025  Committee on Government Operations & Military Affairs  Vermont House of Representatives  115 State Street  Montpelier, VT 05633-5301  via email  Dear Chair Birong and Committee Members,  On behalf of Verified Voting, I write in opposition to the electronic ballot return provisions included in the miscellaneous elections bill 25-0242. Since our founding…

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Testimony on North Dakota’s SB 2175 regarding post-election audits

Download PDF SB 2175 (Relating to conducting and reporting post-election audits) Support with amendments House Government and Veterans Affairs hearing, 3/6/2025 On behalf of Verified Voting, I offer these comments on SB 2175, which would require a routine post-election audit to check vote tabulations after each election. Verified Voting is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization whose mission…

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Election Security Experts Warn Cuts to CISA Threaten the Security and Resilience of Federal, State and Local Elections

Verified Voting supports the National Association of Secretaries of State recent letter urging preservation of indispensable cybersecurity resources. For additional media inquiries, please contact nicole@newheightscommunications.com PHILADELPHIA (February 27, 2025) — The following is a statement from Verified Voting’s president and CEO, Pamela Smith, in support of the National Association of Secretaries of State’s (NASS) recent…

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Letter providing comments on Oklahoma S.B. 147 regarding audits

Download PDF February 24, 2025 Oklahoma Senate Judiciary Committee 2300 N Lincoln Blvd. Oklahoma City, OK 73105 Via email Dear Chair Howard and Members of the Committee: On behalf of Verified Voting, I submit these comments on Senate Bill No. 147. Verified Voting is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization whose mission is to strengthen democracy for…

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Testimony urging support of Maryland’s S.B. 313 regarding audits

Download PDF February 24, 2025 Maryland Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee 2 West Miller Senate Office Building Annapolis, Maryland 21401 via electronic submission Verified Voting Testimony on Senate Bill 313 Postelection Tabulation Audits – Risk-Limiting Audits Position: Favorable Dear Chair Feldman and Members of the Committee: On behalf of Verified Voting, I write in…

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Letter opposing South Dakota’s S.B. 217 regarding elimination of tabulation Equipment, ballot marking devices, and post-election audits

Download PDF February 11, 2025  Senate State Affairs Committee  State of South Dakota  500 E Capitol Ave  Pierre, SD 57501  via email  Verified Voting Urges Opposition of South Dakota’s S.B. 217 – Elimination of Ballot Marking Devices, Tabulation Equipment, and Audits Dear Chairman Mehlhaff and Committee Members,  On behalf of Verified Voting, I write in…

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