A Call For Volunteers To Maintain VOTE FRAUD INTELLIGENCE THREADS.....

[althecat]

A Call For Volunteers To Maintain VOTE FRAUD INTELLIGENCE THREADS.....

Hi,

Alastair Thompson editor of Scoop.co.nz here. This post is also crossposted in the Activist HQ forum. Please PM references to it to people you think might be willing to help with this project.

WHAT WE NEED

With a few days to the election there is an urgent need to compile some intelligence around the contested races which are most likely to be subject to vote fraud, vote suppression and general shenanigans. If indeed the Democrats take this election by storm then that is great and wonderful. But if the HoR and Senate remain in GOP control by the skin of their teeth we need to know where and how this EVER SO IMPORTANT race has been lost.

I am therefore calling for volunteers to maintain VOTE FRAUD INTELLIGENCE THREADS for key races.

Multiple volunteers for each thread would be great to share the load and maximise the intelligence.

To clarify what is required the activism I am looking for here involves keeping your eyes open, reading the paper, looking around the internet, thinking skeptically and posting stuff on DU, i.e. what you are probably planning on doing anyway.

STEP ONE.... PICK A RACE

Ideally pick a race that you know something about. The races we need to watch have been identified in this research project compiled by DUer Autorank.

Autorank/TIA: Election Fraud 2006 – Quantifying Risk - Where & How Much
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=2474379&mesg_id=2474379

Contestable HoR Races



&

Contestable Senate Races



STEP TWO.... START A THREAD

Launch a thread for your race in the election reform forum.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=203

Start off with some background info on your race and introduce yourself.

STEP THREE.... MAINTAIN YOUR THREAD

This is not rocket science.

Please just report blow by blow what is happening from today through to the election in your race. Observations and links.

We need to know how the polls are moving in your race and why.

We need to know if efforts are underway on vote suppression.

We are looking in particular for post election explanations which will be given for a departure from poll results in your race come election day.

We need people with their eyes open looking for patterns in how the PR - Spin - war is being waged.

We need to know how effective the GOP GOTV effort really is in your district.

We need to know how much advertising is being conducted in your race and what the messages are.

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FINALLY......

It matters not a jot what sort of voting equipment is used in your race. Assume all voting equipment and tabulation systems can be compromised.

[FogerRox]

1. My time goes to a campaign, I gotta rec this though

[BeFree]

2. Same here

I'm working like I never have before. I come here to chill and scare away the ER demons.

Althecat, your HoR abbreviation made me think of this: HoReps. Fits like a condom, eh?

I really believe that you need to get this program together, but I do think the main piece of info needs to be the type of voting machines. So, we somewhat disagree... first time that I can recall.

[EFerrari]

3. I can't quarterback CA11 but I will help with it.

:kick:

[althecat]

4. Cool....

:yourock: sfexpat....

[EFerrari]

9. Okay, I put up a thread with what I could find for now.

I'll be back later to see what I can dig up for background - polls and that.

If you want to use that OP to refine the next ones, go for it. :)

[babylonsister]

5. I'm working for Lampson on 7 Nov, but will scour the TX race and

see what I can come up with prior to that. And thanks, althecat!
:kick:

[althecat]

7. Thanks Babylonsister..

:yourock:

And this not so much a Nov. 7 gig as a Oct 26 - Nov 6. Gig...

Al

[texpatriot2004]

6. K & R for Transparent Democracy nm

[althecat]

8. If you start a thread for this - PLEASE POST A LINK TO YOUR THREAD HERE....

[EFerrari]

10. CA 11 Thread link:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x454850

[althecat]

11. Way to go sfexpat.... That is precisely what I mean.....

If you can find the time update it with new polling info and developments over the next few days..... short & sweet is best..... but you seem to have that down pat. This sort of thing helps define the issue of electoral malpractice into a much more concrete reality than it seems in the abstract.

Already it begs the question. Why is Pombo sitting on his polling data. What does it say.

Thankyou again....

Al

[mod mom]

12. Excellent-Sent this out to ER list servs. Great Idea!

Weird I posted this once and it didn't appear (twilight zone music)

[Febble]

13. Excellent idea n/t

[althecat]

14. Tyvm.... n/t

[texpatriot2004]

15. Anyone know how the WV race is going? How's Sen Byrd doing?

He's for the U.S. Constitution

[althecat]

16. According to the OP Graphic Byrd is ahead 63% to 30%

... so guess the constitution is gonna win in WV :)

Its not one of the contestable races

[texpatriot2004]

17. Yeah for the U.S. Constitution and Yeah for Sen Byrd and thanks

for this news. It's not my state, where did you find it?

[emlev]

18. Why not use the research forum?

This is a great idea. If I weren't up past my ears in other projects, I'd be all over it.

[EFerrari]

20. I get too confused in the research forum. There are boxes

and, well, THINGS in there. :scared:

[emlev]

21. Ah, yes. Things.

I got some of those down at Donuts-n-Things. Dipped them in milk. Didn't know that Things go better...

Hmm. Better get some sleep...

So, SFX, is there another good way to keep all these threads together in one place? I know a place we could do it...

Velvet Revolution's Election Protection Strike force has a discussion board all set up but the site hasn't launched yet, so there's only one post. Check it out and see what you think. Maybe it could be a place to collect the information, with thread a day here on DU that has updates from the races.

http://www.velvetrevolution.us/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=6

[emlev]

19. call it ELECTION fraud, not vote fraud, pleeease

"voter fraud" is that whole fake dead people voting thing that's being used to get unconstitutional Voter ID laws passed around the country. We wouldn't want to be associated with that.

[John in Cincy]

27. Great point, Emily! N/T

[mod mom]

22. I will be an election observer in Ohio and will update on what I hear. Since

I have no idea what will transpire here I hate to commit to this excellent project but will inform those I'm working with of this!

[FogerRox]

23. How about a little

:kick:

[Febble]

24. Specifically....

Where precinct counts are available, note count at close of poll, and compare with official tabulation.

A database of precinct counts and county tabulations would be extremely valuable, especially if complete for a race.

[rumpel]

25. kicking

:kick: :kick: :kick:

[Kurovski]

26. Kick!

Thanks, althecat. :kick:

[John in Cincy]

28. What at CA-50? N/T

[EFerrari]

29. Can anyone take on OH 2 or 18? Something is better than nada.

Takers?