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ACTION ALERT:
URGE YOUR CONGRESSPERSON TO SUPPORT FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS IN EL SALVADOR!
With the upcoming Municipal, Legislative Assembly, and Presidential elections that will take place in El Salvador on January 18th and March 15th, 2009, it is important to ensure that the 2009 Salvadoran elections are free, fair, and conducted under the most transparent conditions.
These will be the most fiercely contested elections in recent Salvadoran history because the opposition party is leading in public opinion polls, which could lead to changes in long-established patterns of political control.
According to Salvadoran public opinion polls, 54.4% of the population has little or no faith in the 2009 electoral process, and 55% predict fraud in the upcoming elections.
A Dear Colleague letter, co-sponsored by Congressmen Jim McGovern (MA) and Dennis Moore (KS) is being circulated to collect more signatures in the House of Representatives now.
The letter urges US Secretary of State, Condoleeza Rice, to encourage the Salvadoran government to:
- Encourage domestic and international observation of the entire electoral process;
- Urge political parties to stop the use of deceptive or misleading advertising that aims to sway voters' decisions based on fear and misinformation; and
- Carry out a comprehensive investigation of acts of political violence in the period leading up to elections, on Election Day, and during the post-election transition period.
We ask you to email and call your Congressperson, and urge him or her to sign onto the letter. The deadline for signatures is December 3, 2008. To sign onto the letter, your Representative should contact Cindy Buhl in Congressmen McGovern's office.
To contact your Representative, call US Capitol Switchboard at 202.224.3121, or click here to write your Representative an email. Feel free to use the sample email below as a guide.
TAKE ACTION NOW!
For more information, contact Michelle Petrotta at
michelle@share-elsalvador.org
Dear Representative ___________:
As a constituent of your district, I am asking you to sign onto Congressmen Jim McGovern's (MA) and Dennis Moore's (KS) Dear Colleague letter that you should have received during the last week of October. The letter is addressed to US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, asking her to encourage the Salvadoran government to:
- Encourage domestic and international observation of the entire Salvadoran electoral process;
- Urge political parties to stop the use of deceptive or misleading advertising that aims to sway voters' decisions based on fear and misinformation; and
- Carry out a comprehensive investigation of acts of political violence in the period leading up to elections, on Election Day, and during the post-election transition period.
If you have not yet signed onto the letter or have questions, please contact Cindy Buhl in Representative McGovern's office. Thank you for your dedication to democracy around the world, and I hope you seriously consider signing onto the letter in support of free and fair elections in El Salvador.
Sincerely,
Your Name
Your Address
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