Help PBS and YouTube Stop Suppression

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Friday October 31, 2008 · 5:31 AM PDT

2008/10/31 · 05:31

The last two presidential elections have made us painfully aware of voting rights issues. Misinformation, long lines, registration purging, voter intimidation, faulty touchscreen systems, and outright fraud have all crept into our democratic process. No number of eyewitness accounts, perfunctory news reports or congressional hearings have begun to solve this problem. This year will be different. This is the year to video your vote.

Disclaimer: I work for one of these companies, but am a long time and avid reader of DKos.

Video Your Vote
http://www.youtube.com/...

PBS and YouTube are working to gather videos from the polls and compile a library of voting issues and irregularities. On the 4th, the NewsHour on PBS will be monitoring these videos (tagged with 'videoyourvote') and immediately airing those that show clear evidence of voting problems. The goal is to both identify problems and put a spotlight on the election process, building a cache of video evidence to use in ongoing discussions (read: debate, legislation, litigation) around our democratic process.

Now here's the ask: Record your voting process (where legal). Cell phone cameras, flip cams, small camcorders can all be used discretely inside polling places (again, where legal) and recording outside of polling place buffer zones is, of course, entirely legal.

And a quick legal primer:

Poll
10 votes Show Results
Can you record your voting process?

Yes, I'm a democracy fiend

No, not willing or able

10 votes Vote Now!
Can you record your voting process?

Yes, I'm a democracy fiend

5 votes

No, not willing or able

5 votes

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