I’ve been keeping an eye on OurVoteLive.org all day, watching the voting problems roll in as expected.
OurVoteLive.org is a great website that provides real-time information on voter reports and problems. You can view statistics nationally, state-by-state, or county-by-county.
In the spirit of transparent democracy, all the code is open-source. The project was a collaborative effort by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Verified Voting Foundation, and the Election Protection Coalition. I really think if these groups were put in charge of elections from now on, we’d all be much better off. Imagine— an open-source voting machine that wasn’t routed through GOP servers and gave you a receipt! But of course that would make too much sense.
As of this posting, there are 8,827 problems nationwide.
453 of those from Ohio, including this story of voters mysteriously dropped from the poll books in Columbus and Cleveland:
Voters in Cuyahoga County (Cleveland) and Franklin County (Columbus) are reporting that:
- after voting from same address for years, they suddenly have disappeared from the list at polls
- they received a voter registration card/notice of registration and precinct, as recently as this fall — yet are not on the poll registry
- they are on the statewide database (DB) but not on the poll registry
Same s—t, different year.
How people can still believe politicians when they say we’re spreading democracy abroad is beyond me. We can’t even tally our votes at home!
Anyway— stay vigilant, fellow citizens. Now is the time for accountability and documentation. If you or someone you know has experienced anything fishy, be sure to report it! Either call 866-OUR-VOTE or report it online here.
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