For the 1st time on Tues., I'm an ACLU Poll Monitor in a bright red area of VA.

[williesgirl]

They gave us a pretty good training webinar. But they didn't get enough volunteers, so I'm the only one from 6 am to 7 pm. Many precincts have none. Anyone here done this before? I'm wondering what to expect.

[blue neen]

1. I have no advice for you or experience,

but I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for doing a very important job.

[Cha]

2. Yes, Thank you, williesgirl!

[Gothmog]

3. Great but if you go through the party you could be inside the polls

I am biased towards partisan voter protection vs. non-partisan voter protection. Non-partisan groups do good work but they lack the legal right to appoint poll watchers and people who can be in the polling area. The best single thing that you can do to protect the vote is to be an election worker (the party gets to appoint or nominate election workers in most states). You can protect the vote best as a poll worker. The next best thing is being a poll watcher where you are inside the polling place. In most states, only the candidates and the parties can appoint poll watchers (I am training poll watchers for my county tomorrow). Poll monitors have to stay outside the electioneering zone (100 feet in Texas) and are of limited use.

I am running my county voter protection boilerroom on Tuesday and I am meeting with the Harris County Party boiler room latter this morning to coordinate