UPDATE: Simon Owens who writes over at Bloggasm sent me the link to an article he wrote for PBS about Web 2.0 tools that are being used during the election. This is an exciting time to be into social media… I plan on bringing my flipcam to the booth with me.
You can check out his article here: Citizens, Media Use Social Media to Monitor Election. Thanks, Simon!
The first video they’re referencing is this one. 537 people decided the last election! I’m sure it’s more complicated than that, but still. My friend Dan is having trouble getting his absentee ballot from his home state of South Dakota, and the stories of people not being able to cast their votes because of bureaucracy and shady polling practices keep popping up everywhere.
One thing about Election Day makes me angrier than voter apathy, and that’s voter disenfranchisement. If someone turns you away from the polling place or tells you that members of your party vote on Wednesday, they are being shady at best and illegal at worst. Tell someone. Get the story out. It’s not “not a big deal.” It’s your rights being squashed, and the implications of that stretch far beyond November 4.
Here are some good sources. If you know of others, let me know.
866-OUR-VOTE or 866ourvote.org
www.twittervotereport.com (if you use twitter)
These are wikis that you can use to report any closings out.
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Portal:Election_Protection_Wiki
www.votersuppression.net
