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Fly by night

(5,265 posts)
Fri Nov 21, 2014, 12:15 PM Nov 2014

If you KNOW elections can be frauded, DU something about it!!! Come to Nashville now.

The Cora Howe Exit Poll Study is game on!!
Thanks to the Eastwood Christian Church (1601 Eastland Avenue), the study has a home for the next week.

So what I need from DUers who live in middle TN or close by to be some of our boots on the ground.

We start leafleting the neighborhood at high noon today. (Less than two hours.) .
Read the leaflet so you'll know where to come.

Suit up.
Show up.
Help us rescue the American Promise --
the consent of the governed.

Now here's the scoop. DO NOT hide and watch. Come help. Now.
We'd love to see all y'all anytime in the next week. Including two hours from now.

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WHO DID OUR VOTING MACHINES VOTE FOR?

CORA HOWE VOTERS CAN HELP US FIND OUT.

WE NEED YOUR HELP!!

IF YOU VOTED IN THE CORA HOWE PRECINCT DURING THIS PAST GENERAL ELECTION, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THIS COUNTRY. OVER 41% OF YOU TURNED OUT TO THE POLLS, A VOTER PARTICIPATION RATE THAT WAS 50% HIGHER THAN THE REST OF TENNESSEE. CLEARLY, YOU CORA HOWE VOTERS ARE ENGAGED AND ACTIVE IN EXERCISING YOUR FRANCHISE. YOU ARE TO BE COMMENDED.

HOWEVER, REPORTS SURFACED ELECTION NIGHT AND IN SUBSEQUENT DAYS TO RAISE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW YOUR VOTES WERE COUNTED. WITH THE VOTING EQUIPMENT THAT WE NOW USE (IN 93 OF TENNESSEE’S 95 COUNTIES), THERE IS NO WAY TO AUDIT THE EQUIPMENT TO DETERMINE HOW YOUR VOTES WERE COUNTED. SO WORKING WITH YOU CORA HOWE VOTERS, WE HAVE DECIDED TO FIND OUT OURSELVES, THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A COMMUNITY-BASED RESEARCH STUDY:

THE CORA HOWE EXIT POLL STUDY

STARTING THIS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23, AND CONTINUING FOR A FULL WEEK, WE HOPE TO ENROLL EVERY CORA HOWE VOTER WHO VOTED THIS YEAR IN THIS STUDY. YOU WILL BE ASKED TO REPORT ON AN ANONYMOUS PAPER “BALLOT” HOW YOU VOTED ON THREE CONTESTS (GOVERNOR, US SENATOR AND AMENDMENT 1). YOU’LL PLACE YOUR PAPER “BALLOT” IN A GLASS BALLOT BOX, WHERE IT WILL REMAIN UNTIL WE UNLOCK THE BOX ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30, AND COUNT THE PAPER “BALLOTS” IN PUBLIC. IF ALMOST ALL CORA HOWE VOTERS PARTICIPATE, WE WILL FINALLY KNOW WHETHER OUR VOTES ARE ACCURATELY RECORDED AND REFLECTED BY THE VOTING MACHINE TOTALS OR WHETHER THEY DO NOT AGREE. THEN WE’LL SHARE THOSE FINDINGS WITH THE WORLD.

IN ONE WEEK, WE’LL KNOW WHERE WE STAND.
AND YOU CORA HOWE VOTERS WILL HELP US GET THERE.
YOU ARE THE ONES WE NEED.

You can enroll in the study from November 23 to November 30 at the Eastwood Christian Church, 1601 Eastland Avenue. We will be open for study enrollment every day from 3pm – 7pm, except Saturday , November 29 (9am – 5pm) and Sunday, November 30 (1pm – 4pm)

We’ll also come door-to-door on Friday – Sunday to maximize participation in the study.

Participants will be eligible to win Kroger gift cards worth $300, $200, $100, and $50.

Please take a few minutes to participate in this study. Let your voices be heard AGAIN.

For more information and to volunteer, come to the Eastwood Christian Church or email tracevu@gmail.com.

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If you KNOW elections can be frauded, DU something about it!!! Come to Nashville now. (Original Post) Fly by night Nov 2014 OP
If the candidates, campaign managers and party officials don't claim a problem, neither will I brooklynite Nov 2014 #1
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brooklynite

(94,737 posts)
1. If the candidates, campaign managers and party officials don't claim a problem, neither will I
Fri Nov 21, 2014, 12:20 PM
Nov 2014

I appreciate your interest, but as someone who works peripherally in market research, I see a lot of flaws in your proposed research strategy, such that any results you get are unlikely to be informative.

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