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We Want Peace

(205 posts) Mon Jun 4, 2012, 07:52 PM Jun 2012

How to Help Protect the WI Recall Elections (and all elections)

• Be at the polls with cameras when they close! Election Integrity expert John Washburn, of Fair Elections Wisconsin, advises that voters should go to polling places just before they close in order to oversee the poll closing process and the printing of results from computer tabulators there.

“Show up for the closing of the elections at eight-o’clock. At that point it’s an open meeting, turn on the camera,” Washburn told us recently. Once polls close, he notes, the proceedings are then an open meeting by the local board of canvassers which may be recorded by cameras and other devices.

Photograph and/or video-tape the results poll tapes that are printed out by the computers, and anything else you can see. You never know when/if that material may come in handy later. Photos of poll tapes won’t ensure the computers tabulated the ballots correctly, but they can help deter the possibility of results being changed later by the central tabulator systems or even on Internet election results reporting websites.

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How to Help Protect the WI Recall Elections (and all elections) (Original Post) We Want Peace Jun 2012 OP

or work on/with one of the many teams that had organized and will train you PeaceNikki Jun 2012 #1

Also, bring a camera or phone that takes pics with you when you vote, and be ready to use it. snot Jun 2012 #2

yes We Want Peace Jun 2012 #3

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PeaceNikki

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1. or work on/with one of the many teams that had organized and will train you

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Mon Jun 4, 2012, 07:55 PM

Jun 2012

OFA, DPW, league of women voters, the ACLU, your local Democratic party, etc.

You don't have to do it alone. These folks have hotlines and attorneys a call away. And training.

snot

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2. Also, bring a camera or phone that takes pics with you when you vote, and be ready to use it.

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Mon Jun 4, 2012, 08:03 PM

Jun 2012

(But be careful not to look like you're trying to intimidate any voters with it.)

We Want Peace

(205 posts)

3. yes

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Mon Jun 4, 2012, 10:30 PM

Jun 2012

n/t

We Want Peace

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4. more

Reply to We Want Peace (Original post)

Tue Jun 5, 2012, 12:50 PM

Jun 2012

"Record what you see," at the polls, Washburn strongly advises. "If you see anything weird, insist that it be put on the Inspector's Report, because if it ain't on the official election report, it didn't happen." (Inspector's Reports can be printed out here, in case you wish to bring one to the polls.)

• Report any problems you witness If you have a problem voting, or see anything that is troubling, document it as best as possible. As mentioned above, try to see that it gets into your local Inspector's Report at the precinct. But then be sure to report it to the WI Government Accountability Board (G.A.B.) at 866-VOTE-WIS and via email at gab@wi.gov. We recommend you also file another report at the independent national voter problem hotline: 866-OUR-VOTE.

• Take screenshots of results at home As results are being reported online throughout the night, use your computer to take screenshots of them. Results have a way of magically flipping at various points in the night. But if that can't be proven, it's difficult to demand an explanation for the anomaly later. Add a date and time-stamp to the filename of the graphic when you save the screenshots while viewing them. Again, you never know when or if they will come in handy later! This is something you do not have to be in Wisconsin to do!

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