OurVoteLive.org To Monitor Polls On Election Day
A high-tech watchdog group has unveiled OurVoteLive.org, a Web site where reporters, bloggers, and voters across the country can monitor problems at the polls on Election Day. The project was built by the Electronic Frontier Foundation for Election Protection, a national nonpartisan voter protection coalition, which runs the 866-OUR-VOTE hotline. The site will collect and analyze reports to the hotline.
OurVoteLive.org is already documenting over 1,000 examples per day of voters needing information or reporting problems such as registration and ID issues, difficulties with voting machines, and polling place accessibility, EFF said in a press release. At least 200,000 calls are expected to come into the hotline and be documented on OurVoteLive.org through Nov. 4. The site also features maps, nationwide trend information and a blog that will highlight incidents as they develop. (Photo Credit: briancors via Flickr)
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