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Jacob Soboroff from Why Tuesday? went with actress Kirsten Dunst to the Los Angeles County Registrars office, video camera in hand, and cast their ballots two weeks before election day.As you can see from the video, the Registars office is already crazy busy with citizens eager to vote early. Is this an early sign that the polls will be jammed on election, that Los Angeles desperately needs more than one early voting location, or both?The Why Tuesday? Foundation seeks solutions to increase voter participation by creating dialogue about election systems currently in place and changes that could be made, in part by asking why we vote on Tuesday instead of, say, over the weekend. Read more about them here.Speaking of, the LA County Registrar’s office is now open 7 days per week through election day, so you can vote over the weekend. And this Saturday, the California Obama staff will be holding an “early vote rally” at the Registrar’s office from 9am - 4pm. More info on the Facebook event page.
I'm posting this because I use ES&S machines here in Orange County, CA. And you should always know what machine and model you're using, and always keep all the stuff they give you at the polls for a while. A good while. Just because you should.Portfolio.com:Voters using touch-screen voting machinesfor early voting in two West Virginia counties have complained thatwhen they tried to vote for Democratic candidates, the machineregistered their vote for other Republican candidates instead. At least three voters in Jackson County,West Virginia, complained that when they tried to cast a vote forDemocratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, the machine recorded acheck in the box for Republican presidential candidate John McCain. Oneof the voters reported the same problem in the governor and statesenate races. In each case, the voter tried to cast a vote for aDemocratic candidate, but the machine marked his vote for theRepublican challenger instead. Another voter who tried to cast votesfor two state Supreme Court candidates said the machine cancelled oneof her choices twice before it finally accepted her selection. Three other voters in Putnam County say they had the same problem.When you get to the point where you can check your picks against the printout, make sure you do. Notice also that this comes from a Conde Nast publication and not something partisan. If we know this much now, you just don't know what else might be happening.Before you go to the polls, do everything you can to protect your vote.If you're really concered, watch the clip after the jump where Kirsten (Dunst) and her friend Jacob show you how to videotape your vote, part of the Why Tuesday? project.LINK
I'm posting this because I use ES&S machines here in Orange County, CA. And you should always know what machine and model you're using, and always keep all the stuff they give you at the polls for a while. A good while. Just because you should.Portfolio.com:Voters using touch-screen voting machines
for early voting in two West Virginia counties have complained that
when they tried to vote for Democratic candidates, the machine
registered their vote for other Republican candidates instead. At least three voters in Jackson County,
West Virginia, complained that when they tried to cast a vote for
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, the machine recorded a
check in the box for Republican presidential candidate John McCain. One
of the voters reported the same problem in the governor and state
senate races. In each case, the voter tried to cast a vote for a
Democratic candidate, but the machine marked his vote for the
Republican challenger instead. Another voter who tried to cast votes
for two state Supreme Court candidates said the machine cancelled one
of her choices twice before it finally accepted her selection. Three other voters in Putnam County say they had the same problem.When you get to the point where you can check your picks against the printout, make sure you do. Notice also that this comes from a Conde Nast publication and not something partisan. If we know this much now, you just don't know what else might be happening.Before you go to the polls, do everything you can to protect your vote.If you're really concered, watch the clip after the jump where Kirsten (Dunst) and her friend Jacob show you how to videotape your vote, part of the Why Tuesday? project.
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