With the hanging chad controversy still front and centre, the issue of voting problems and improprieties is getting a lot of attention. There are already reports of problems among early-bird voters, including people who vote for one party but have the voting machine register their vote for the opposing party.
So, what do you do if you discover a voting problem and want to highlight it?
Well, you can download Twitter Vote Report on to your iPod, and then use Twitter to send out messages.
Here’s what TVR has to say about what they’re doing:
Millions of Americans will be voting this Election Day. Many of these voters will have terrific experiences and we’d love to hear about those. But many voters will experience voting problems that we have been hearing about for years: long lines, broken machines, and registered voters who can’t vote because their names aren’t showing up on the registration rolls.
Using Twitter Vote Report, voters will be able to share their experiences and resources with one another to solve problems quickly (e.g. “don’t come now, the line is too long”). These messages will then be aggregated and mapped so that we can “see” voting problems around the country in real-time.
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Voting Problems? Twitter It!
With the hanging chad controversy still front and centre, the issue of voting problems and improprieties is getting a lot of attention. There are already reports of problems among early-bird voters, including people who vote for one party but have the voting machine register their vote for the opposing party.
So, what do you do if you discover a voting problem and want to highlight it?
Well, you can download Twitter Vote Report on to your iPod, and then use Twitter to send out messages.
Here’s what TVR has to say about what they’re doing:
Millions of Americans will be voting this Election Day. Many of these voters will have terrific experiences and we’d love to hear about those. But many voters will experience voting problems that we have been hearing about for years: long lines, broken machines, and registered voters who can’t vote because their names aren’t showing up on the registration rolls.
Using Twitter Vote Report, voters will be able to share their experiences and resources with one another to solve problems quickly (e.g. “don’t come now, the line is too long”). These messages will then be aggregated and mapped so that we can “see” voting problems around the country in real-time.
Here’s what TVP would look like in action:
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