LOS ANGELES COUNTY: JOIN the 2/28 Citizens' Audit of the `08 Election

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LOS ANGELES COUNTY: JOIN the 2/28 Citizens' Audit of the `08 Election

ACTION ALERT from WORK THE VOTE LA. PLEASE CONTACT : workthevote@gmail.com to schedule your participation.

WHY DO WE NEED THIS AUDIT? AND YOUR HELP?

Because on 11/04/08 Work the Vote Poll Monitors witnessed:

MANY (too many) provisional ballots given out:

-to Voters involuntarily registered Vote By Mail. Who "reregistered" them?

-to Voters incorrectly registered as Inactive. Who changed their status?

-to Voters, sent sample ballots with their poll address, but were not on the voter rolls. Huh?

-to New Voters who registered long before the deadline, but were not on the rolls. Why?

There weren't enough real ballots allocated to certain precincts. Was there a pattern?

DIFFERENT poll worker ballot counts at the precinct vs official counts of the ballots at Norwalk. At the end of the day, poll workers
are often exhausted and can't count the ballots and do the math. What can we do to help?

JOIN THE AUDIT - GIVE TWO HOURS. (Can't make the 28th? You can still HELP - see below)

Give $10 toward our Public Record Requests ( And get "Cheated!")

Our Vote is Our Voice and Our Responsibility....

Fill out the form below ASAP. Send to : workthevote@gmail.com
Join the Work the Vote LA Audit on 2/28.

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Work the Vote needs 90 people willing to give two hours in service to transparent and democratic elections in LA County.

(So far we have 18 Citizens - we need 72 MORE PEOPLE )

Saturday 2/28 St. Bede's Community Room (from 10-4, pick a two hour shift - SEE BELOW)
3590 Grandview Blvd. Mar Vista 90066

An unprecedented Public Records request has delivered to WTV over 4,500 official precinct ballot
statements. (These are counts of ballots according to "type" at the precinct level.) We need to enter that data.
After an analysis* of these and other public records, our poll monitor reports, voter interviews, and some investigation.
We will share our findings with SOS Bowen, Registrar Dean Logan, Senator Oropeza, Supervisor Ridley-Thomas....
and every other representative, LA group and media that expresses interest. (Even those who don't!)

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Count yourself in. Donate two hours in service to truly transparent and democratic elections across the County of L.A.

We are setting up 10 three-person teams, each working two-hour shifts. Bring someone who also loves to vote and cares.

Please mark below and email ASAP this to admin@workthevotela.org

Name___________________________ ph#________________________

I can work a shift on Saturday, 2/28.:
___10-12,
___12-2
___2-4

I am willing and able to:
___read the data from the sheet
___enter the data into a spreadsheet
___observe the process and verify it is correct

___I have a laptop computer and can bring it to the audit.

___I am not available on 2/28, but I can do data input. I can come to Mar Vista on another day or evening to Sheri Myers' house.

___I am able to make a few phone calls to interview citizens who had problems voting at the polls.

___I belong to a group where we might find more volunteers.

___ I WILL DONATE $10 TO HELP WITH THE COSTS OF THIS AUDIT!
___ Yes, I would like a free copy of "Cheated!" the only nonfiction graphic narrative of the 2004 election in Ohio.

THANK YOU in advance for your service to Democracy!!
E-Day 11/04/08. 75 Work the Vote poll monitors observed the voting activity at precincts across LA County.

*advisors: sociologist Dr. Sally Raskoff and her stat honors class at Valley College, systems analyst Dr. Vern Taylor, and Dr. Judy Alter of Protect CA Ballots... and if you have some expertise to offer, for Democracy's sake jump in!