FINDING HELP IMMEDIATELY

Partisan

1. California Democratic Party’s Promote and Protect the Vote Program

1- 877-321-VOTE (8683)

A central group of lawyers who will route your call to someone regional if needed.

Non Partisan
1. Election Protection Hotline www.866ourvote.org

1-866-687-8683 / 1-866-OUR-VOTE

1-(888) Vey-Vota / 1-(888) 839-8682 para la ayuda en español

On election day will have a phone bank in San Francisco. Lawyers out in the field in possible problem jurisdictions. They will have people at polling places and roving lawyers. People For the American Way partnering with Lawyers Committee on Civil Rights and NAACP. . www.866ourvote.org

INCIDENT REPORTING

1. Secretary of State

To contact the Fraud and Investigations Unit, please call (916) 657-2166 or you can lodge a recorded complaint by calling 1-800-345-VOTE.

http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/elections_fraud.htm

Unclear as to whether this only pertains to HAVA violations.

2. Pollworkers For Democracy

http://www.pollworkersfordemocracy.org/

Election Incident reporting system link TBD

3. Election Day Bloggers Legal Guide

http://citmedia.org/projects/electiondaylaw

will be doing FAQ about what is legal to photograph, etc.

4. Video the Vote

http://www.videothevote.org/

Be careful to follow the laws for your state and county for this one. Starting this election, citizen journalists—people like you and I—will document problems as they occur. We'll play them online, spread word through blogs and partner websites, doing our part to make sure the full story of our elections is told.

EVIDENCE OF FRAUD

1. Election Protection Strike Team

1-888 VOTETIP

http://www.velvetrevolution.us/electionstrikeforce/

2. Secretary of State

To contact the Fraud and Investigations Unit, please call (916) 657-2166 or you can lodge a recorded complaint by calling 1-800-345-VOTE.

http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/elections_fraud.htm

HELPING TO PROTECT

1. Working Assets

http://www.workingassets.com/election_protection.cfm

We'll text you on election day if there's an urgent issue where your participation -- such as a phone call or carefully-targeted local action -- can make a big difference.

2. Sign up help monitor the McNerney-Pombo race

e-mail Kari at kk@rjp.com

3. Election Defense Alliance

http://www.electiondefensealliance.org/

Independent exit polls, poll closing data collection, etc

ELECTION PROCESS MONITORING

https://www.verifiedvotingfoundation.org/article.php?id=6390

Election Transparency – fill our survey forms about your county’s actions.

Gathering info for best practices

MONITORING MANUALS AND GUIDEBOOKS

http://www.countedascast.com/monitoring.php

See Michelle Gabriel’s Election Monitoring. Monitoring before, during and after the election. Checklists TBD.

http://electiondefensealliance.org/sav_r_vote_election_monitoring_field_guide

Riverside County – very detailed- with forms – focusing on Sequoia DRE