In the event of electronic voting machine problems.

[solarbird]

I haven't been talking about much of it, but I've heard a lot about various voter suppression efforts, and a lot about touchscreen voting problems, particularly on Wired's Threat Level blog.

kathrynt has posted a note about this suggesting that people take cell phones (with video) into electronic-machine voting booths and shoot video of voting. If you have problems with votes switching underneath you, video it, call 1-866-OUR-VOTE, and upload it to youtube. She has more on this plan over here.

eta: Please make sure taking video is legal in your state. Apparently in some it is not.

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[dogemperor.livejournal.com]

I'm thankful touchscreens aren't really in use here in Kentucky (we use the Scantron sheets instead)--because in Kentucky, unfortunately, having a cell phone or any other recording device on at all in a polling place is illegal :( (And yes, the KY Attorney-General *has* sent Youtube and PBS info to that effect.)

Georgia and Florida are actually the two states I DO worry about this in--they *DO* tend to use the touchscreens, and (like in Kentucky) also ban recording devices and turned-on cell phones in polling places.