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Somebody just called me from OH (Cuyahoga). They tried to vote. Filled a paper ballot. Ballot is supposed to go into a scanner and the voter is supposed to get a receipt. But the scanner was broken. So they had to just put the ballot into a machine. I tried to call vote protection hotline but they were pretty much useless.
The ballots are not being scanned in the most democratic area of OH.
Who should I contact?
flamingdem
(39,313 posts)DOJ Hotline to Report Fraud on Election Day
Posted by
politicol
less than a minute ago
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Nov. 3, 2012 Voter suppression continues as voters are preparing to vote for a President in the United States, you would never think this could happen in a democracy but it is happening.
An announcement that the Department of Justice is sending out 780 Voting Monitors to 23 US states to ensure there are no incidents of voter suppression, especially in republican controlled states like Ohio, Florida, Virginia, Texas and Colorado.
The Department of Justice Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
If you are experiencing Voter Suppression, Voter Intimidation by outside groups such as
True the Vote or other abuses of Civil Rights, Civil Liberties violations
Call the DOJ Hotline: 1-800-869-4499
Read more: http://www.politicolnews.com/doj-hotline-to-report-fraud-on-election-day/#ixzz2BSeUNySK
Baitball Blogger
(46,733 posts)Another woman had experienced the same thing at the precinct. I suggest you post this in GD if you don't get an answer right away. But you could also called the Supervisor of Elections for Cuyahoga and give him an earful.
flpoljunkie
(26,184 posts)LisaL
(44,973 posts)flpoljunkie
(26,184 posts)LisaL
(44,973 posts)Filibuster Harry
(666 posts)Contact as many people as you can. Attorney General of Ohio; Network CNN ; Obama Headquarters;
There are attorneys on the ground in Ohio area. Keep trying.
anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)Please send (urgent) tweets to Hillary, every state/local official you can manage, journalists like Andrew Sullivan, and Joan Walsh of Salon.com, also filmmaker Michael Moore has been involved with this so you could tweet him with your account of the serious problems with the voting machines.
This situation needs to be supervised immediately.
ChangeUp106
(549 posts)Entire panel just groaned when Howard Dead brought up this issue. Someone muttered "Oh you're setting that up. Mark down the time."
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)Ari Berman ?@AriBerman
Voter machines not working in Cleveland, Dayton, Toledo #ohio Ohio is a clusterfuck. Also this:Ari Berman ?@AriBerman
In African-American voting precinct in Milwaukee, there's 300 people in line and only one voting machine
https://twitter.com/AriBerman
nobodyspecial
(2,286 posts)This is intentional.
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)flpoljunkie
(26,184 posts)Aren't there people from the Justice Dept. in Ohio?
progressivebydesign
(19,458 posts)it's because our system is so fucked up, and they run it like school districts. Each County does the voting facilities, and if they don't have as much money from property taxes and such, they have shitty or non-existent voting facilities.
We have to change this, but after each election that is stolen, or we see so many people disenfranchised, the people in power forget about it. It needs to be standardized, even if it's just a Statewide effort so that EVERYONE has the same damn access to the same equipment, not relying on local Election boards to do it.
LisaL
(44,973 posts)after the person feeds the ballot into it. But the scanner is not working. So they are just going into this scanner without being scanned.
LisaL
(44,973 posts)Obama has to win Cleveland big.
How is that going to be done?
blazeKing
(329 posts)Need to send in the national guard to make sure these citizens get to vote
onecent
(6,096 posts)great service..give 'em hell
deutsey
(20,166 posts)LisaL
(44,973 posts)Machine that is supposed to scan the ballots is not working. So instead of scanning the ballots they are just sticking them into a machine.
flamingdem
(39,313 posts)Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Election Day - stop a stolen election!
If you haven't voted, Vote Today!
See "Urgent Action Notice" on this page for how to monitor the polls
Report any problems at the polls: Please call Election Protection Command Central for Franklin County on Election Day: 1-855-VOTING HELP (1-855-868-4644) and/or email your report to the Free Press
Location: Command Central for Franklin County: 1021 E. Broad St., Columbus, Ohio
Phone: 1-855-VOTING HELP (1-855-868-4644) or [614] 253-2571 or 614-288-1082
Email: Email
anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)of some level -- not just the Ohio SOS and his goons.
LisaL
(44,973 posts)flamingdem
(39,313 posts)They'll direct you for sure
amborin
(16,631 posts)Smuckies
(692 posts)SoapBox
(18,791 posts)The above was from another thread...link below:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021728184
ALSO, just found this in another post:
"The Obama Campaign Voter Hotline: 1-800-311-VOTE (8623)"
Hope that someone on one of these lines, can get you local help.
Columbus Free Press
(141 posts)what precinct and polling station please?
Send by DU mail
LisaL
(44,973 posts)cecilfirefox
(784 posts)The people who are office holders and run the elections take that stuff seriously. Don't be so skeptical and conspiratorial as to think your county clerk's are okay with voters not having their ballots counted. Calling the appropriate official on the ground can get something done, as opposed to calling people who have to launch investigations which won't matter after the fact.
LisaL
(44,973 posts)Cuyahoga sounds like huge mess with all the machine problems.
WTF?
flamingdem
(39,313 posts)Phone: 1-855-VOTING HELP (1-855-868-4644) or 253-2571 or 614-288-1082
Please call them, they said this is important and they need details
Or write me back if you can't make calls now and I will call, I have time