From all of my investigating this morning, it looks like HF 805, the VOICE legislation, will be coming before the Appropriations Subcommittee tomorrow. The prediction last week was that bill would come before the subcommittee sometime either today or tomorrow. On today’s House schedule, the Appropriations Subcommittee is not scheduled to meet, likely meaning the bill will be considered tomorrow sometime. That still gives us another 24 hours to keep the push going for Voter-Owned Iowa Clean Elections! Remember, the three members of the Appropriations Subcommittee that you should contact are:
- Rep. Dave Jacoby (D) — Chair of the Subcommittee
House District 30 — Johnson County
David.Jacoby@legis.state.ia.us - Rep. Jo Oldson (D)
House District 61 — Polk County
Jo.Oldson@legis.state.ia.us - Rep. Rod Roberts (R)
House District 51 — Carroll County
Rod.Roberts@legis.state.ia.us
Remember, if you’re not hearing back via email, call the House Switchboard at (515) 281-3221 and ask to be connected to any of those representatives. Check out a VOICE Brochure here via the VoterOwnedIowa.org site (PDF). Keep letting us know how things are going!
I live in Jo Oldson’s district and left a message with her last week regarding home appraisal certifications (is that a controversial subject?) and today about VOICE. No return call yet. I hope she is not the reason this legislation does not pass. This legislation has gotten almost no attention from the Register and I hope it at least becomes a topic for discussion.