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matt819

(10,749 posts)
Tue Oct 23, 2018, 03:05 PM Oct 2018

Getting voters to the polls - literally

I just saw the report of Lyft getting voters to the polls in Dodge City, KS.

Is there a site that has info on volunteering to drive voters to the polls, wherever this is needed?

I can always call my local Democratic party office, and that's fine, but I was wondering if there was a more coordinated effort underway.

Re voting generally. After the election of 2000 I contacted the Carter Center to ask about them monitoring future US elections, since this is (or at least was) one of their core missions internationally. They responded that they had no such mission in the US.

Of course, they should. Or someone should. And that "someone" should be a non-partisan international organization. Not necessarily the UN, since the RW extremists believe the UN is behind the black helicopters and one world government. But what about a European group? One that could create a report detailing voter suppression, election fraud, cheating, etc. It seems that MSM reporting on this has had absolutely no effect on changing things. And maybe we can expect nothing more in 21st century America. But is anyone at least making the effort? This would have to be a massive effort, covering the entire country, primaries and the general election.

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rurallib

(62,418 posts)
1. in my experience lining up drivers for Election Day is usually left to the county parties
Tue Oct 23, 2018, 03:16 PM
Oct 2018

I am signed up to do that here, but with absentee ballots we seldom get called anymore.

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