With just under one month left in this year's legislative session, we need all hands on deck to pass a crucial bill that ensures voters can have the option to vote by hand marking a paper ballot or with a ballot marking device across New York. Below, you'll find a script to call your legislators and advocate for the Voting Integrity and Verification Act of New York.

VIVA NY is co-sponsored by the following legislators:

• Assembly - Cunningham (primary sponsor), Anderson, Paulin, Shimsky, Burgos, Septimo, Cruz, De Los Santos, Sayegh, Carroll, Epstein, Woerner, Steck, Shrestha, Thiele, Ardila, Simone, Levenberg, Dinowitz, Jackson, Simon, McDonald, Tapia, Bichotte Hermelyn, Mamdani, Chandler-Waterman, Taylor, Jacobson, Davila, and Gallagher.

• Senate - Cleare (primary sponsor) and Webb.

If you see your legislator, above, listed as a co-sponsor, or primary sponsor, kindly thank them.

Thank you for taking action!

1. Call your Assemblymember and State Senator

• Find your Assemblymember, State Senator, and their phone numbers here.
• Here's a script you can use, but feel free to personalize your message:

"Hello, my name is [NAME] and I'm calling from [TOWN/CITY] to urge [ASSEMBLYMEMBER/ SENATOR] to support [A5934B/ S6169B] also known as the Voting Integrity and Verification Act of New York. Hand marked paper ballots are still the gold standard of election security as ballot marking devices in Pennsylvania and Georgia led to miscounted tallies and long lines and wait times to vote respectively.

The Voting Integrity and Verification Act of New York will require that every voter is given the opportunity to choose to mark a paper ballot by hand or with a ballot marking device, so I hope [ASSEMBLYMEMBER/ SENATOR] will support voters by helping move the bill through the committee and onto the floor for passage before the end of session. Thank you."

2. Call Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie

• Albany Phone # for Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie: 518-455-3791
• Here's a script you can use, but feel free to personalize your message:

"Hello, my name is [NAME] and I'm calling from [TOWN/CITY] to urge the Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie to support A5934B, also known as the Voting Integrity and Verification Act of New York. Hand marked paper ballots are still the gold standard of election security as ballot marking devices in Pennsylvania and Georgia led to miscounted tallies and long lines and wait times to vote respectively.

The Voting Integrity and Verification Act of New York will require that every voter is given the opportunity to choose to mark a paper ballot by hand or with a ballot marking device, so I hope Speaker Heastie will support voters by helping move the bill through the committee and onto the floor for passage before the end of session. Thank you."

3. That's it! Thank you so much for calling.

Please log your calls with this form to tell us how they went. And, if you haven't already, go ahead and use our email tool to follow up your phone calls with emails to your legislators. Thanks for doing all you can to pitch in to pass our bills before the end of session and strengthen our democracy in New York.