Election Reform Organizations in Texas - Volunteer!
The Parallel Election (PE) Project
http://thelandesreport.com/ParallelElections.htm
"We are organizing to place Parallel Election Pollworkers (PEPs) at as many polling stations as possible."
Critical Races to Watch
(D) Democrat (R) Republican
(G) Green (IN) Independent
(L) Libertarian (I) Incumbent
House
| TX17 | Chet Edwards (D)(I) | Van Taylor (R) | Guillermo Acosta (L) |
| TX22 | Nick Lampson (D) | Tom DeLay (R) resigned | Shelley Sekula-Gibbs (R) |
| TX22 | Don Richardson (R) | Bob Smither (L) | Joe Reasbeck |
Senate
| Barbara Ann Radnofsky (D) | Kay Hutchison (R)(I) | |
| Scott Jameson (L) | Amanda Ulman |
Governor
| Chris Bell (D) | Rick Perry (R)(I) | James Werner (L) | |
| Richard Friedman (IN) | Carole Strayhorn (IN) | Jose Aravena | |
| James Dillon |
Call to Action!!!!!
Provisional Ballots
Introduced by federal law in 2002 as part of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), the provisional ballot was designed for voters whose registration was in question. Initially proposed by the Congressional Black Caucus, it was to save the rights of those wrongly purged from voter rolls.
HAVA provisional ballot law allows election officials to give provisional ballots to any persons who:
- show up at the polls on Election Day but find that, for whatever reason, their names are not on the voter rolls; or
- have their right to vote challenged by an election official. (Note: In many locations it’s not just election officials, but also partisan observers who challenge voters).
ACTION: Check with www.CanIVote.org to see if you are registered. They also need to ensure their ID matches the voter registration name exactly. Voters can be challenged over minor things, such as a middle initial on their ID while the voter roll has a full middle name listed. Next, check to be sure your polling place has not moved.
New Voter Identification Laws
Many states have passed laws that require citizens to provide a photo identification piece proving that they are indeed citizens. A driver’s license and a birth certificate are inadequate because the former doesn’t prove citizenship and the latter doesn’t provide a photo. A passport does qualify. As the state supreme courts review these new laws, many have already been struck down as unconstitutional because they are barriers to voting.
ACTION: All citizens should check with their Secretary of State’s office to find out what the current requirements are. If a photo ID is required, a protest should be lodged as to the unconstitutionality of the law.
Join the Transparency Project
http://www.verifiedvotingfoundation.org/article.php?id=6389
November 4, 2006
http://www.kfoxtv.com/news/10239275/detail.html
El Paso's Electronic Voting Machines Have Problems
KFOX News
EL PASO COUNTY, TX -- The El Paso county attorney said he realized there was a problem when El Pasoans called into Paul Atrlezin's radio program on 1650 AM Friday morning.
"He had received from his morning show approximately 11 different callers, basically registering their complaints about the malfunctioning of the electronic voting machines," said El Paso County Attorney Jose Rodriguez.
The problem showed up when some voters reviewed their ballot and found the candidate who was marked was not the one for whom they voted. Along with the calls to the radio show, four El Pasoans also called the county attorney Friday to complain about the same problem. More...
Read this poll watcher form from the Secretary of State's office that forces citizens to sign away the right to use any "mechanical or electronic means of recording images or sound while serving as a watcher at this precinct."
An Elections Administrator explained that such language is necessary, 'since the vote counting process is private, not public'.!!
For a daily update of election news in your state go to www.votersunite.org, click on "Daily Voting News" for the appropriate date and a set of news articles will come up listed alphabetically by state.
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