[PLUG] Here is one of those ¨volunteer opportunities¨

[Art Alexion <art.alexion@verizon.net>]

Political but not partisan...

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Subject: 	Use your geek skills to protect our votes
Date: 	Tue, 03 Aug 2004 11:46:17 -0700
From: 	Peter Schurman, MoveOn.org <moveon-help@list.moveon.org>
To: 	Arthur Alexion <arthur@alexion.com>

The non-partisan Verified Voting Foundation is working with other
voter protection groups to make sure every vote is counted,
focusing its efforts on the new electronic voting terminals we're
all concerned about.

Their program is called TechWatch, and it will help reduce the risk
that votes will be lost or miscounted by these machines and other
technology.

Please volunteer for TechWatch at:

 http://www.verifiedvoting.org/techwatch/

Geeks who sign up with TechWatch will be able to help out both 
beforehand and on Election Day.  You'll find out what kind of 
machines are being used, how they are tested, and how to tell if 
they are being used properly.  The responsibilities include:

* Observing and documenting the Logic & Accuracy testing of
 voting technology by election officials before Election Day;

* Monitoring the polls on Election Day (assigned to a single
 polling place or central election office);

* Reporting incidents on Election Day (dispatched to particular 
 polling places when trouble is indicated).

With your technical expertise, you can help document election
problems for follow-on litigation and policymaking in a way
that most poll watchers cannot.

More than 500 technologists have already volunteered, but it will 
take thousands of TechWatch Geeks to cover priority states and key 
counties, starting with the Florida primary on August 31 and 
continuing through to the November 2 general election.

Also, if you like to code, Verified Voting Foundation has "an 
urgent need for php programmers who want to assist with development 
of an open-source Election Incident Reporting system from now until 
September."  You can also sign up to help with this project at
their web page.

Please sign up today, at:
 
 http://www.verifiedvoting.org/techwatch/

Thank you.

Sincerely,

- Peter Schurman
 MoveOn.org
 August 3, 2004

P.S.: Paul Krugman of the New York Times wrote an important
column on this issue on July 27:
 
 http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/27/opinion/27krug.html
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