(US) 9/06 - What about this avenue/op...

Author Message   Michelle Smith Frequent Voting Rights Forum Participant Username: Galfromcal Post Number: 130 Registered: 11-2005 Best of Black Box?  Votes: 1 (A keeper?) Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 7:57 am:        What do you all think about using this avenue to be a poll worker. Would it be good to go this avenue, or would you go with volunteer groups like Election Protection, VelvetRevolution, etc....? I am trying to figure this one out, but before I volunteer with either I wanted to see what you all think. Would appreciate this forums opinions.   Michelle Smith Frequent Voting Rights Forum Participant Username: Galfromcal Post Number: 131 Registered: 11-2005 Best of Black Box?  Votes: 1 (A keeper?) Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 8:00 am:        Forgot to paste the link of the avenue I was talking about. This is what I was questioning; http://www.eac.gov/poll_worker.asp   Bruce Sims Frequent Voting Rights Forum Participant Username: Ubetchaiam Post Number: 892 Registered: 06-2005 Best of Black Box? N/A Votes: 0 (A keeper?) Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 9:27 am:        Michelle, I don't think it matters as the training will be done by the locality one lives in; IMHO, it's more important to become familar with the 'Procedures for Use' for the voting system used where one will be volunteering for poll worker duty; otherwise, one wouldn't know what the locality doing the training is either leaving out or glossing over. An excellent example of this is the NASED addendum regarding the machines that use memory cards that states that all the reports that are auditable MUST be printed out before the memory card is removed from the machine OR ELSE the voting system is effectively decertified(this only matters in States where Federal approval of the system is required for State certification, such as CA). It's also interesting that when when one chooses CA from the EAC site, it specifies that 'languages needed' is none, especially when the major problem 'election officials' have in the recruitment of poll workers is those that speak a 'foreign language'.   Catherine Ansbro Frequent Voting Rights Forum Participant Username: Catherine_a Post Number: 3289 Registered: 12-2004 Best of Black Box? N/A Votes: 0 (A keeper?) Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 12:31 pm:        Michelle, I think it would be invaluable experience to be a poll worker. You'd learn first-hand about how adequate/inadequate the training is, whether or not election officials follow their own protocols and regulations, etc. Maybe you'd even get a voting machine on a sleepover, and then you could let BBV help you make sure it is secure. You'd gain perspective on the many "insider" issues Kurt describes, too. If I were in the USA on election day it's definitely what I'd do. Bruce's point is excellent that preparation is key. The experience will be far more valuable--to yourself and to others--if you are well informed about local and state regulations, local equipment in use (and its vulnerabilities), past declarations by vendors used to sell this equipment, etc. The more you know in advance, the more aware and observant you'll be throughout your training and election-day experience. It would be great if you can take some photos or videos during training sessions if this is possible. At the end of the day you should participate in whatever way attracts you the most. If that's being a poll worker, go for it. If it's being an observer (with VR, with some other group, or on your own), that's equally important. All observations and perspectives are necessary and valuable. However you decide to participate, document as much as you are able, in whatever way(s) you are able, and share your observations and data with many different people, websites and media. (e.g., if you are a poll worker you could keep a tally on the number of times you hear voters say xxxxxx or experess an opinion about xxxxxxx vs. the ones who say nothing. Or you could keep note of any incidents which poll workers should report, but which they don't report or are not followed up. Or you could keep a running list of every opportunity you had to tinker with a machine, memory card, etc. Or you could keep a running record of every regulation you saw being broken. See the Toolkit Module that addresses being a poll worker or election judge: http://www.blackboxvoting.org/toolkit-pollworker.pdf   Catherine Ansbro Frequent Voting Rights Forum Participant Username: Catherine_a Post Number: 3290 Registered: 12-2004 Best of Black Box? N/A Votes: 0 (A keeper?) Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 12:35 pm:        Duplicate post. (Message edited by Catherine_a on September 26, 2006)

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