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Tomorrow - 7AM... (Original Post) brooklynite Nov 2022 OP
Voting in MN with Hubby. TigressDem Nov 2022 #1
Sleeping in. rubbersole Nov 2022 #2
One shift of virtual poll monitoring summer_in_TX Nov 2022 #3
What is "virtual" poll monitoring? LeftInTX Nov 2022 #5
Election Protection/Common Cause has summer_in_TX Nov 2022 #6
Poll greeting..I've earned it baby! LeftInTX Nov 2022 #4

TigressDem

(5,125 posts)
1. Voting in MN with Hubby.
Mon Nov 7, 2022, 11:11 PM
Nov 2022

Work is giving me an hour leeway and he has let them know too.

He normally has to go to office on Tuesdays and works from home rest of week, but will work from home this Tues.

We get in, vote, take him home then zip to work.

Got our sample ballot sorted and know who is who.

rubbersole

(6,734 posts)
2. Sleeping in.
Mon Nov 7, 2022, 11:20 PM
Nov 2022

Voted early by mail in FL. The missus is working the pole.I mean poll. 12 hrs. I'm watching 3 dogs. Life's tough.

summer_in_TX

(2,762 posts)
3. One shift of virtual poll monitoring
Tue Nov 8, 2022, 01:19 AM
Nov 2022

thru social media (Common Cause)

Regular Tuesday book club: Joan Chittister's The Time is Now.

Five Stations of the Election prayer vigil at my United Methodist Church, followed by a nationwide online prayer vigil.

Then a shift of social media monitoring for misinformation and disinformation.

I'm in too white a community that leans reddish purple to expect any problem at the polls locally. Wouldn't waste my time. And driving to another town in my county would be time consuming (as well as the gas involved), and I am unfamiliar with those sites. So I'll work online.

LeftInTX

(25,592 posts)
5. What is "virtual" poll monitoring?
Tue Nov 8, 2022, 01:26 AM
Nov 2022

I'm poll greeting, we watch out for issues and are on good terms with election workers. Of course, we're partisan with all our signs and tee shirts!

summer_in_TX

(2,762 posts)
6. Election Protection/Common Cause has
Tue Nov 8, 2022, 01:46 AM
Nov 2022

nonpartisan in-person poll watchers, but I'll be monitoring Twitter and searching for terms indicating voting issues and problems.

A team of lawyers will be standing by for the serious referrals, but a lot of our stuff is looking for those who may be waiting in very long lines, and telling them about polls nearby with shorter lines. Telling them they can call/text 866-OUR-VOTE for questions and problems to report. If they are told they aren't registered, encouraging them to stay and vote a provisional ballot. Seeing if there's any voter intimidation (referring that up the chain to the lawyers). That's most of what I encountered in 2020 anyway.

LeftInTX

(25,592 posts)
4. Poll greeting..I've earned it baby!
Tue Nov 8, 2022, 01:23 AM
Nov 2022

I've got a canopy and my friends are coming. I went blockwalking today and put signs up at the polls tonight. I just gotta have my "party at the polls".

Bought a styrofoam cooler. Gotta buy ice tomorrow morning.

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