Before we get specific ... In general, work exponentially for biggest impact. Whatever you choose to do, if you bring in more people, your impact will grow. And if you bring in more people who will themselves bring in more people ... now we're talking!
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BEFORE election day: 1) Check your voter registration at vote.gov
2) Vote early. If there are problems, you'll have time to resolve them by election day.
3) Get out the vote! Phone & text bank or write postcards w/ @RovVote
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Note that some states allow you to register on election day.
If the deadline hasn't passed, check out @RockTheVote or @lwv to help register voters in your community.
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DURING Election Day:
5) VOTE if you haven't yet!
6) Work the Polls -- Many local election offices still need more poll workers! Bilingual poll workers are in extra demand. powerthepolls.org/scrutineers can help you find out if poll workers are needed in your community.
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On Election Night:
7) Take video of poll tapes on election night -- a quick, easy, powerful way to provide public oversight of vote counting.
Voting challenges for unhoused people include not having a permanent address for registration and receiving mail-in ballots, not having the required (in some places) photo ID with matching address and 1/ #OurMarchToVote
unhoused people living in shelters who encounter long lines to vote might lose their place to sleep if they can't vote and get back to the shelter before curfew. 2/
The coming #eviction crisis due to #COVID19 will result in thousands+ people not being able to get their vote by mail ballots or having IDs that don't match their new address, if fortunate enough to have one. #OurMarchToVote online Summit is addressing these issues and more. 3/
@pbuzz3@Jennycohn1 THREAD The unacceptably corrupt practice of election system vendors providing election *results* to counties goes way back and is not specific to Broward County, FL or to ES&S. #handmarkedpaperballots1/
Richard Hayes Phillips unearthed this in his investigation into the Ohio 2004 election, documented in his 2008 book, Witness to a Crime: A Citizens’ Audit of an American Election. 2/
From p. 111, where Triad Governmental Systems, Inc. is noted as “an Ohio firm that created and maintains the vote-counting software in 41 Ohio counties”:
"Finally, our investigative team has learned that Triad Governmental Systems, Inc. not only provided the voting machines, 3/