Citizen Vote Verification How-to, by Lynn Landes

[PeaceCandidates.com]

This is what New Hampshirites (and Michigan, Nevada, South Carolina, Iowa) ought to be doing- Citizen Vote Verification.

Collect on Election Day, and/or in the weeks afterward, voters' signed statements for whom they voted. Don't worry too much about participation rates. Exit pollsters rely on very few respondents.

FOR THE POLLING PLACES:

* Bring handouts, audit forms (both could be on double sided paper), and tally sheets. There's no real need for a ballot box because all the ballots are signed.
* On their way into the polls, give voters a handouts and audit forms. Ask them to, "Please consider participating in a citizens' audit (after you vote) because there is no other way to check up on official results."
* Make sure that audit forms are not identical to official ballots, which would be illegal.
* Send to the news media (alternative and corporate), [email protected], etc. (Tally Sheets are an opportunity for comparative analysis. The following tally sheets are works in progress. L Landes Oct. 11, 06)

KEEP IN MIND: It is not necessary to have 100% voter participation or anything close to it. If the CAPER vote tally indicates a candidate won over 50% of the votes at your precinct, but the official tally doesn't, then you can challenge the results. Or, if we count more votes for any candidate, than what the official results show, then we can challenge. This could be particularly helpful for third party candidates. Or, do a comparative analysis. Compare the % of official votes for Candidate A, to the % of CAPER votes for Candidate A. Challenges can be made on the precinct, county, or state level.
Anyone can organize a CAPER. A single person can conduct a Parallel Election at their own polling place on Election Day. Or, people can be more ambitious and organize their town, county, or state. With every election, more voters will get the idea. If Americans want every vote to count, then Americans must be at their polling place on Election Day to count every vote.

http://www.thelandesreport.com/CitizenAudit.htm


The recount starts wed the 16th- how much says they count so slowly the results aren't in until after super Tuesday... then it'll be too late. Besides, they rigged the 2004 Ohio recount (2 felons convicted), why wouldn't they try to rig this recount?

We need citizens to verify the votes. Don't wait for the official numbers, have a Vote Verification Party this weekend! Or brave the cold and collect signatures at the local store, church, etc.