We commend Senator John McCain (Ariz.) for taking up the issue of election reform and for urging swift action on bills that would provide funding and set up commissions for further study of the election process.

We write to thank you for your leadership on election reform at the outset of the 110th Congress with the introduction of the Count Every Vote Act (S. 804).

We write to thank you for your leadership efforts to strengthen the integrity of our nation’s elections with the introduction of the Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2007 (S. 453/H.R. 1281).

U.S. PIRG writes to renew our call for your support for H.R. 5388, D.C. Fair and Equal House Voting Rights Act.

As Congress debates the Help America Vote Act of 2001,” U.S. PIRG and coalition allies are voicing opposition to a closed rule which does not allow critical amendments to be debated.

In addition to the redistricting measures, CALPIRG and Ohio PIRG are involved with several other measures on the state ballot and staff are available for comment.

Responding to concerns that U.S. election procedures are still subject to some of the same problems that plagued the 2000 presidential elections, U.S. PIRG called for states to implement ten tips to make the November 2004 election as open and accurate as possible and to move toward five reforms that should be adopted for future elections.

An important step toward a widely heralded reform was taken yesterday by the Joint Committee on Election Laws on Beacon Hill. After several months of review, that committee released HB646, an Act That Would Establish Election Day Registration in Massachusetts, with a favorable report.

In anticipation of Governor Schwarzenegger’s State of the State Address this afternoon, CALPIRG advocates made their own policy recommendations to the governor on critical issues facing the state of California in 2008, including health care, privatization of public assets, mortgage lending reforms, and balancing the state budget.