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An Expert Weighs in on That Viral Reddit ‘Voter Fraud’ Video
If you vote electronically today, Joseph Lorenzo Hall has even more advice for you:
The number-one recommendation I can make is make sure voters “check their work”; that is, if you’re voting on a voting machine, it will usually summarize your selections on a final screen before you cast your vote (and if there is a paper trail-a printer on the side, be sure to carefully make sure it prints your choices correctly). Make sure this ballot summary reflects how you want to vote because this is the most likely step where voters would make a mistake or an attacker would try and take advantage of an inattentive voter and show something different on the screen versus the paper. If you have a problem, tell the poll workers and then call us at (non-partisan) Election Protection at 866-OUR-VOTE.
Laws in effect in one state and pending in two others require proof of citizenship for voter registration. That imposes onerous and sometimes expensive documentation requirements on voters, especially targeting naturalized American citizens, many of whom are Latino, the liberal group said.
Nine states have passed restrictive photo identification laws that impose costs in time and money for millions of Latinos who are citizens but do not yet have the required identification, it said.
Today is also National Register to Vote Day, aka #NVRD. We talked with TJ Crawford of Chicago Votes this morning, so listen in and get the info on where to register and why you need to get started early.
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Obama got a lot of hype for his successful fundraising tactics as he kicked off his campaign last year, but now in the month of June, Romney has raised $106 million, where Obama has raised about $76 million. This was the second month in a row that Romeny and his supporters out-raised Team Obama.
But it’s not just his lavish fundraisers with Hamptons-vacationing, Ferrari-driving Americans, it’s his offshore accounts that have the Obama campaign accusing the Republican nominee of having greater interest in bettering himself rather than the country. Caller Max from Boston called the Amp to talk about why paying in to the larger community is how you prove your patriotism.
