[Texgreen] Project Vote Count needs volunteers to help conduct exit polls March 4

Margaret max104@io.com
Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:04:26 -0600 (CST)


Many volunteers still needed!

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http://projectvotecount.com/project.aspx

Now Accepting Sign-Ups for Ohio & Texas

There is growing concern about the results of the primary election and
the use of electronic voting machines. A citizens exit poll is one of
the few ways we can protect our vote and expose any tampering of our
vote when they are counted in secret.

This Project began in Florida where we conducted a successful
Citizen's Exit Poll in ten of the most populated counties with
hundreds of active volunteers. Ohio and Texas are also organizing this
project in their states. If you want to volunteer in Ohio or Texas,
read more about the project below and then click any of the SIGN-UP
links to get started.

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The Plan To Protect The Vote

We plan to conduct an exit poll of our own at as many precincts as
possible throughout the state on Election Day. This will give us the
ability to report our exit poll results right when or maybe even
before the official results are announced. Every person who votes at a
precinct where we conduct this exit poll will know about it. They値l
want to know what the results of our polls show. As at least 92% of
voters are concerned about this issue, we値l have enough voter
participation to catch all but the smallest amount of cheating, and
even then we値l have a very large sample which would give us a good
chance of uncovering even a small amount of cheating.

Most importantly, we will not have to trust the media exit polls.
We値l have an exit poll. We値l ask each volunteer to sign an affidavit
attesting to the results that they report. We値l have a double count
so that the answer of each voter will be recorded by two volunteers in
order to address any issues about the reliability of our poll.

If there is any cheating, we値l be able to expose it right away, and
we値l have reliable scientific evidence to contest the official
results with. Most importantly, since those who may try to tamper with
the computers know that we are mounting an effort to catch them, we
are more likely to have a clean election if we get enough volunteers