Help Needed for November 4 Election Verification Exit Poll
The Problem:
The vulnerability of US voting systems to mass scale fraud has been well documented, but little has been done to establish meaningful checks. Bad as the last few elections have been, coming elections - including this one - could be worse. Purported "improvements" such as early and mail-voting and purging of voting rolls continue to undermine election integrity and a wide variety of vote suppression augurs poorly for what we may see on November 4.
A Science-Based Solution:
One of the few ways to detect mass scale fraud under such conditions is an Election Verification Exit Poll. Such polls have been used around the world to ensure election integrity and have even been used to overturn fraudulent national elections. On November 4, Election Integrity is engaged in a two-part exit polling effort:
Our Plan:
(1) Our 3rd professional poll to determine and document the degree to which official numbers reflect how people say they have cast their ballots, to investigate any discrepancies and to establish exit polling as a meaningful verification technique (see our May primary pilot project).
(2) a Citizens Exit Poll with the Election Defense Alliance to:
· extend our ability to ascertain the veracity of official reported voting results;
· detect specific indications of election fraud, which can be further investigated;
· develop citizen polling as a means to detect and deter fraud; and
· give citizens the tools to take control of their elections and their government.
Please Support Our Efforts:
To properly prosecute these efforts, we need your help. In the end, simply pushing a button for one name or another every few years will inevitably be an empty charade. Self-government or, for that matter, good-government, can only result from active involvement and oversight. So please, volunteer or donate. Democracy depends on it.
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About Our Exit Polls: Video: Interview about exit polls and election verification * Pilot poll to test and develop methodology: Kentucky Pilot Project Report (pdf) * How to Conduct a Citizen's Exit Poll workshop (Video from the Ohio Election Protection Conference) * About Exit Polling, Election Verification Exit Polls, National Election Pool (Edison/Mitofsky) Media Exit Poll
Interviews: Guernica Magazine Interview: No Exit (Election Q&A) * Robert F Kennedy Jr: Was the 2004 Election Stolen? (Rolling Stone) * TV (KPBS) 2004 Election Results Questioned * Radio: Debating Ron Thornburgh (HAVA) on Electronic Voting
Presentations: Elections Can be Stolen, Have been Stolen and Will Continue to be Stolen (video) * National Media Reform Conference: Stolen Elections and the need for Media Reform * American Statistical Association debate with Warren Mitofsky * American Association for Public Opinion Research: Deceptive Polling Practices * American Association for the Advancement of Science: Was the 2004 Election Stolen?
Recent News: News outlets already dismissing their own exit polls * Not just a fringe issue: Bloomberg News: Voter Fraud, a Red Herring * For more news, join the Google Discusion Group
