Urgent: Support Independent Hand-Count Audit Legislation

I am writing as a constituent to urgently request your leadership in restoring faith in our electoral process by supporting legislation that mandates independent, third-party hand-count audits for federal elections. Evidence of systemic irregularities necessitates this verifiable safeguard. Public confidence is shattered by unresolved statistical impossibilities, such as Precinct 760 in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, which reported a voter turnout of 435.98%. This is not an isolated incident but indicative of broader, documented failures in vote tabulation. A pre-election "Duty to Warn" letter signed by 22 leading computer scientists and election security experts to federal authorities detailed how illegal software breaches created critical vulnerabilities for the 2024 election, vulnerabilities that have gone unaddressed. Academic research underscores the solution. A 2024 study by the University of California, Berkeley, on post-election audits concluded that risk-limiting audits (RLAs), which are based on hand-counting ballot samples, are the most statistically efficient method for confirming election outcomes and are feasible for states to implement. Hand-count verification is a nonpartisan tool for accountability. Therefore, I urge you to take the following actions: 1. Co-sponsor and vigorously support federal legislation that provides funding and clear standards for states to conduct mandatory, independent hand-count audits of federal election results. 2. Publicly advocate for the findings of the pre-election expert warnings and call for investigations into the unresolved irregularities they foresaw. 3. Support the transition to universal paper-based voting systems to facilitate reliable audits. Inaction only deepens the crisis of legitimacy highlighted by leaders across the spectrum. As you know, ensuring the integrity of our elections is fundamental to our democracy. I ask you to use your office to be a champion for transparent, verifiable elections. I look forward to your detailed response on the specific actions you will take regarding this critical issue.