VIRAL VIDEO in support of VVPB for FLA

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Watch, Take Action & Forward: VIRAL VIDEO CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED TO SUPPORT GOVERNOR CRIST’S ELECTION REFORM PLAN
FVC Urges Supporters to Forward the Video Link to Friends and Family and 'Make it Viral'
Watch the video at

www.CountAllVotes.com

To Concerned Florida Voters and beyond,

The Florida Senate is poised to vote as early as tomorrow on Governor Crist's Paper Ballot Plan. The Florida Voters Coalition has created this video to get our point across and to invite viewers to a website where you can take IMMEDIATE ACTION to make sure your voice is heard, and Floridians votes are counted.

PLEASE TAKE ACTION NOW and then forward this web link far and wide.

www.CountAllVotes.com

The video was produced by the Turkel Group of Coconut Grove, Florida.
The Florida Voters Coalition (FVC) launched a viral video campaign today throughout Florida and the nation to generate support for Governor Crist’s Paper Ballot plan to reform Florida’s voting systems.

“Floridians are fed-up with being a national laughingstock,” said Kindra Muntz, President, Sarasota Alliance for Fair Elections (SAFE). “Now is the time for the legislature to pass a clean bill – free from political baggage – and implement Governor Crist’s Paper Ballot voting system reform – fully effective for the 2008 Presidential election.”

“This project is designed to add muscle to the governor’s plan to replace the paperless DRE Voting Machines with a more reliable optical scan system that will also provide a re-countable paper ballot,” said Howard Simon, Executive Director of the ACLU of Florida. “It is past time for Floridians to be confident that their vote will not be lost or uncounted, and everyone feels comfortable casting their vote and not disappearing.”

“FVC applauds the Governor and members of the legislature working hard to make this happen,” said Dan McCrea, Co-Founder of the Florida Voters Coalition. “You Go, Governor Crist! Don’t stop working for Florida’s voters. Passing a clean bill, funded by federal HAVA dollars or state funds will need strong leadership right through the end of session. Don’t back down at the EAC and don’t back down in the capitol. Florida and far beyond are depending on you.”

About the Florida Voters Coalition
Florida Voters Coalition (FVC) is the largest coalition of non-partisan voting integrity organizations in Florida, representing millions of diverse voters.

National Organizations - Alphabetical by Organization
Ralph Miller, Executive Director, Latinos for America
Megan Matson, Director, Mainstreet Moms
Becky Bond, Co-Director, Pollworkers for Democracy
Pamela Smith, President, VerifiedVoting.org
Dan McCrea, Florida State Director, Voter Action
John Gideon, Executive Director, VotersUnite.org
Joan Krawitz, Executive Director, VoteTrustUSA
State of Florida Organizations - Alphabetical by Organization
Howard Simon, Executive Director, ACLU of Florida
Jeannette D. Wynn, President, Florida Council of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
Cynthia Hall, President, Florida AFL-CIO
Ellen Brodsky, Executive Director, Broward Election Reform Coalition (BERC)
Ben Wilcox, Executive Director, Common Cause Florida
Susan Pynchon, Executive Director, Florida Fair Elections Coalition (FFEC)
Ion Sancho, Supervisor of Elections, Leon County Department of Elections
Trevor Harvey, President, Sarasota County Branch, NAACP
Susan Van Houten, Co-Founder, Palm Beach Coalition for Election Reform
Brad Ashwell, Florida Public Interest Research Group (PIRG)
Kindra Muntz, President, Sarasota Alliance for Fair Elections (SAFE)
Sevell C. Brown III, Florida State President, Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Jim Pillow, Political Coordinator - Teamsters Local 385 Orlando
Fred Seidl, Coordinator, Unitarian Universalist Legislative Ministry, Florida
Gene Jones, Florida Veterans for Common Sense
Pamela Haengel, President, Voting Integrity Alliance of Tampa Bay (VIA Tampa Bay)



Voting Integrity Alliance of Tampa Bay
Member, VoteTrustUSA Leaders Group
Co-Founder, Florida Voters Coalition
www.VIATampaBay.org