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San Diego WATCH
San Diego Democrats Hotline: -----------------858-277-3367 You don't have to be part of an organized group to poll watch! Take your cell phone and camera with you to your polling place, download the SAE Checklist and Incident Report documents. Go to our special page on poll watching for more information.
SAFEGUARDING THE ELECTIONS 0F NOVEMBER 2008?? Although there has been a great deal of proof since 2000 that elections have been manipulated on a large scale, not a lot has been done nationally to safeguard them. Thanks to Secretary of State Debra Bowen, California at least does have hand marked paper ballots and a 1% random audit. However, our votes are still scanned on Premier (Diebold) Optical Scanners and then fed into a central tabulator. To see what happens to your paper ballot on election night in San Diego County see: http://secureelections.org/sdwatchflowchart.htm To see how mail in ballots are processed in San Diego County see below: http://secureelections.org/sdwatchmailin.htm To find out what equipment people will be voting on nationwide take a look at Verified Voting's site called "The Verifier": http://verifiedvoting.org/verifier This site will be updated over the next few months so keep checking back.
WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP PROTECT THE NOVEMBER 2008 ELECTION? People have been asking Secure Accurate Elections what they can do to help protect the November 2008 election. The following is a short list of things to consider. We will be updating this list in the near future with any local projects and more details. 1. See A Problem, Call A Hotline: This includes problems of intimidating voters.
2. Be A Poll Worker: You can get paid to make sure that one poll is run correctly.
http://pollworkersfordemocracy.com 3. Be Prepared To Vote:
4. Check Out The Black Box Voting Tool Kits:
Observation
of Activities At San Diego Registrar of Voters Office Members of Secure Accurate Elections has been studying the election process in preparation for the November 2008 Presidential Election. It is our hope that these observations will allow us all to have a better understanding of how our votes are counted in San Diego County and provide us insights on how to improve the security and accuracy of our County-run elections. Pre-presidential Primary Election Observations January 8, 2008 - Phase 1, Logic & Accuracy Testing, TSx Machines (pdf) Includes observations of Phase I Accuracy Testing of TSx machines, proposed Election Night procedures at the Registrar of Voters office, question and answer section, observation of precinct specific memory cards being loaded into TSx machines and running of test ballots. January 25, 2008 - Testing of all ballot types, public observation (pdf) One observer’s notes and impressions of the mandatory Language and Accuracy Tests run prior to each election. By law these tests are open to public observation January 31, 2008 - Mail-in ballot processing Secure Accurate Election members observed how Mail In ballots are processed from being picked up at the post office to final tabulation. Presidential Primary Election Night - February 5, 2008 Flow Chart Illustrating, "Where Does My Paper Ballot Go On Election Night?" Get a simple picture of how the ballots flow from the precinct to final tabulation. February 5, 2008 - Presidential Primary Election Night
Breaking News - August 29, 2008 Secretary of State Debra Bowen loses appeal to hold 10% tally in close elections In December of 2007, the County of San Diego filed suit against the Secretary of State, challenging her right, in the event of close elections, to run a 10% tally instead of the current 1%. On January 22, 2008, the court ruled in favor of the Secretary of State. The case then went into appeal, and on August 29, the California Court of Appeals found in favor of San Diego County, finding that Ms. Bowen did not adhere to the procedures set forth in the Administrative Procedures Act (APA) Click here for official court decision (downloadable pdf) Click here for on-line text of court decision Click here for article on original lawsuit.
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