AlterNet Voter Protection

• Protect Our Votes
  The mission of ProtectOurVotes.org is to highlight the most serious violations as soon as they are discovered and to place them immediately in context for journalists along with all available trusted documentation.
• The People Choose 2006
  The spot to go for election-related video, with more than 350 videos about contested races, from both the candidates and everyday people.
• American Blackout
  Powerful documentary by Ian Inaba which looks at the disenfranchisement of the Black vote in America and voting irregularities in the 2000 and 2004 national elections.
• Everything you wanted to know about Diebold Voting Machine Vulnerabilities
• Voting 2006: Have we Solved the Problems of 2004?
  A comprehensive PDF report from Common Cause, the Century Foundation and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
• VoterStory.org
  An easy-to-install widget for your website or blog that allows visitors to submit stories on their voting experiences, and to report problems, to one central location.
• VOTE411.org
  Provides a nationwide polling place locator, as well as general and state-specific information on absentee ballot rules, early voting provisions, ID requirements, voting machine types, tools for overseas citizens, contact information for election offices.

• Advancement Project
  Works to eliminate legal and structural barriers to voting for potential voters in minority and low income communities.
• People For the American Way
  Mobilizing thousands of volunteers at polling places in multiple states. Staffing 500 lawyers onElection Protection's toll-free Voters’ Hotline: 1-866-OUR-VOTE
• Voter Protection Immediate Response Network
  Saving democracy through Working Assets' text messaging network. Sign up!
• Video the Vote
  Stopping voter suppression by making video documentation and sharing the results. Got a video camera? Join up!
• Verified Voting Foundation
  A nonpartisan nonprofit organization championing reliable and publicly verifiable elections.
• Election Defense Alliance
  Seeks coordinate a national strategy for the election integrity movement, in order to regain public control of the voting process, and to ensure that voting is honest, transparent, and secure.

• Checklist for a Fair Election
  12 ways you can protect your own vote—and the fairness of the system.
• Election Protection Hotline
  People for the American Way's election protection website and hotline, 1-866-OUR-VOTE, staffed by 500 lawyers.
• Election Protection Strike Force
  Velvet Revolution's national election watch site with facts, hotlines and resources. Report voting Incidents here -- toll-free: 866-OUR-VOTE
• Rewards offered for proof of voter fraud
  Whistle blowers: Hundreds of thousands of dollars are being offered to people who have conclusive proof that an election has been rigged and results in a conviction. 1-866-VOTETIP
• Video the Vote
  Stopping voter suppression by making video documentation and sharing the results. Got a video camera? Join up!
• Voting problems? Let these lawyers know!
  Instructions for reporting any and all issues you might have with voting on Election Day.
• Photograph your vote
  It's legal in Texas -- and elsewhere -- to take a camera into the voting booth with you. Document your vote!
• Do-it-yourself Exit Polls
  This project seeks to verify the vote counts on election day by, first, conducting simple Election Verification Exit Polls, and second, having "inside" people jot down the machine summary-report totals for the top 4 races and 1 issue.

Source: AlterNet Voter Protection

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