Where to report voting irregularities/denial of registration, etc?

[theHandpuppet]

I know that we'll all be paying particular attention to problems with voting machines but the question is, what is the best way to report any voting irregularities? What about someone whose registration is denied, etc? Sometimes you can't really trust local officials. Can someone post the information here so we can have it on hand just in case? Thanks!

[PADemD]

1. 1-866-687-8683 Election Protection

[theHandpuppet]

2. Thanks!

Think I'll print out some "business" cards with that number, just in case.

[Gothmog]

5. Partisan versus non-partisan voter protection

I am running my county party's voter protection boiler room on Tuesday. I am biased toward to partisan voter protection versus non-partisan voter protection. Working with your party, one can do more to protect the vote than with a non-partisan group.

1. The single best way to protect the vote is to be an election worker inside the polls. As an election worker, you can make sure that the procedures and the law is followed. I serve as an election judge once or twice a cycle just to make sure that I know how the procedures work. My youngest child is the head election judge for our precinct and my future son in law is an alternative judge for another tough precinct. They can do more inside the polling location than you can as a poll monitor. The party gets to appoint or nominate election workers and non-partisan groups do not have this right.

2 The next best thing that you can do to protect the vote is to be a poll watcher. Only candidates and political parties get to appoint poll watchers in most states. As a poll watcher, you are inside the polling place and can report violations directly to the local or regional boiler rooms. My poll watchers will have access to an incident reporting system that will send reports to the central voter protection boiler room so that we can get actions taken in real time

3. Candidates and political parties have automatic standing to bring a lawsuit. Non-partisan groups have a harder time bringing a lawsuit because of the standing issues. The Texas Democratic Party will have lawyers standing by in Austin and other key areas with draft petitions ready and there will be no issue of having standing to sue.

4. Poll monitors have to stand outside the electioneering zone in most states and it is harder to monitor what is going on.

I have good friends at big firms who do the non-partisan voter protection. I simply do not think that these efforts are as effective as partisan voter protection.

[theHandpuppet]

6. I like the idea of becoming a poll watcher

Too late for this election but definitely would be a volunteer for the next. I'll check out the rules and requirements and start the process for 2016.

[Gothmog]

7. Call your county party

I am still training and assigning poll watchers

[JustAnotherGen]

3. Department of Civil Rights Division Voting Section in D.C.

1-800-253-3931

[Gothmog]

4. Texas

Texas Democratic Party Hotline 1-844-TXVOTES (1-844-898-6837)

The Texas Democratic Party will have central boiler rooms in Fort Worth and Austin and regiional boiler rooms in Houston, Fort Bend, Corpus Christi, Dallas, El Paso, McAllen and San Antonio