BBV: Live, real-time "trouble reports" forum for California recall

[BevHarris]

Californians who have concerns or trouble voting can post to the new BBV Reports web site, part of BlackBoxVoting.

This site will go live at 6 p.m. California time tomorrow (Monday) and will remain online until a final resolution is reached. Voters can post problems and discuss voting experiences in real time, and we will have a media arm to send camera crews or notify news reporters if anything is reported (and checked out) that shows voter's rights are being abridged.

Paranoid Pat, I understand, will have a camera crew in Alameda County and some reporters have called me requesting tips as well.

This is not just a reporting site for electronic voting: If you arrive at the polls, and you are registered, but they can't find your registration; if you are impeded in voting in some way; if you see protests, or hear an interesting conversation to help us take the pulse of America on the voting issue, report it.

A word for whoever seems to want to hack out our web sites all the time: When you pulled the dirty tricks that took out BlackBoxVoting.com on Friday, a reporter for a major news outlet was on the site. All it does is draw attention to the issue. I've been fielding press calls all weekend, and new Black Box activists are volunteering all over the place.

And a brief announcement: Chapter 7 is my favorite so far, but it was a mess -- some of the graphics kept corrupting the file, pulling text apart, dropping some text, sticking things in the wrong places. It took most of the day to diagnose the problem (my publishing software imported and upgraded into Plan Nine's publishing software exported into PDF, combined with too many graphics.)

Chapter 7 is simplified, cleaner and a very good read. You can find it at http://www.blackboxvoting.com or http://www.talion.com/blackboxvoting.org.htm.

Now, spread the word to your Californian contacts: Report any and all concerns and anomalies, starting 6 p.m. California time (9 p.m. Eastern) tomorrow, Monday and hop in to see how it's going during Election Day.

http://www.BBVreports.org
The splash page up tomorrow morning, the site goes live tomorrow 6 p.m.

Bev Harris
Black Box Voting

[eleny]

1. You guys are fabulous!

[ParanoidPat]

33. Corrected Link is BBVreport.org.....

http://bbvreport.org

(I wanted to get the correct url as close to the top as possible! ) :evilgrin:

:kick:

[E_Zapata]

2. Big thumbs up!

Thank you.

[juajen]

3. Thrilled you're up and running!

Here's hoping things go our way in California.

:kick:

[Myra]

4. Thank you Bev!

We'll keep this bumped.

[BevHarris]

5. Thanks for that -- now let's hope there's no more nonsense

And thanks to those who sent me and David Allen the virtual aspirin.

Bev

[ParanoidPat]

6. Thanks Bev!

I'll call you with the Cell # tomorrow! :evilgrin:
It's showtime! :)

You can find your polling place at http://ss.ca.gov/elections/elections_ppl.htm

Statewide Special Election - Election Information can be found at http://ss.ca.gov/elections/recall.htm

Other California elections information is available at http://ss.ca.gov

Voter Fraud complaints can be filed at http://ss.ca.gov/elections/elections_fraud.htm

Hmmm, I just checked the links and found that none of them work!!!
I've sent the following message to the webmaster,

How come none of the links work 2 days before an election????

Not Found
The requested URL /elections/elections_fraud.htm was not found on this server.

Vulcan Science Academy/4.6 Server at hogan.ss.ca.gov Port 80

Not Found
The requested URL /elections/elections_ppl.htm was not found on this server.

Vulcan Science Academy/4.6 Server at hogan.ss.ca.gov Port 80

Should I report this to the press?

:kick:

[ParanoidPat]

9. Well now they're starting to come up!

:wtf: :shrug:

:kick:

[creativelcro]

19. They seem to work now...

Sorry, using IE6 I have no problem accessing the links... -C

[TorchTheWitch]

34. i don't have IE version 6

none of the links work for me. i'm on the east coast, but i thought i'd try them out just to see what happened.

rather odd that they wouldn't work so close to election time.

[ParanoidPat]

35. Something weird going on with their site....

.....so I'll post this as a public service for my fellow Californians. :evilgrin:

Many polling places have changed for this election so please use the direct links and contact information below to find out where your polling place is for tomorrows election. The location for your polling place should also be found on the back page of the sample ballot that was mailed to you.

To find your polling place location, please use the contact information listed below.
Please remember: polling places are open from 7:00am to 8:00pm on Election Day.

Alameda (01)
1225 Fallon Street, Room G-1
Oakland, CA 94612
(510) 663-VOTE (8683)
www.acgov.org/rov/polling/
http://smartvoter.org/2003/10/07/ca/alm/

Alpine (02)
P O Box 158
Markleeville, CA 96120
[phone]
No Website Available

Amador (03)
500 Argonaut Lane
Jackson, CA 95642
[phone]
No Website Available

Butte (04)
25 County Center Drive
Oroville, CA 95965
[phone] or 1-800-894-7761
http://clerk-recorder.buttecounty.net/election/elections/elecindex.htm

Calaveras (05)
891 Mountain Ranch Road
San Andreas, CA 95249
[phone]
No Website Available

Colusa (06)
546 Jay Street
Colusa, CA 95932
[phone]
www.colusacountyclerk.com/pdf/polling.pdf

Contra Costa (07)
524 Main Street
Martinez, CA 94553
[phone]
www.co.contra-costa.ca.us/depart/elect/root1007/pollplac.htm
http://smartvoter.org/2003/10/07/ca/cc/

Del Norte (08)
981 H Street, Room 160
Crescent City, CA 95531
[phone]

El Dorado (09)
2850 Fairlane Court
Placerville, CA 95667
[phone]
http://poll.co.el-dorado.ca.us/poll.fwx
http://smartvoter.org/2003/10/07/ca/ed/

Fresno (10)
2221 Kern Street
Fresno, CA 93721
[phone]
www.fresno.ca.gov/2850/root1007/pollplac.htm
http://smartvoter.org/2003/10/07/ca/fr/

Glenn (11)
516 W. Sycamore Street, 2nd Floor
Willows, CA 95988
[phone] or [phone]
No Website Available

Humboldt (12)
3033 H Street, Room 20
Eureka, CA 95501
[phone] or [phone]
http://smartvoter.org/2003/10/07/ca/hm/

Imperial (13)
940 Main Street, Suite 202
El Centro, CA 92243
[phone]
imperialcounty.net/election/10-09-03polling.pdf

Inyo (14)
168 North Edwards
Independence, CA 93526
[phone]
No Website Available

Kern (15)
1115 Truxtun Avenue
Bakersfield, CA 93301
[phone]
www.co.kern.ca.us/elections/VoterInfo/Address.asp
http://smartvoter.org/2003/10/07/ca/kr/

Kings (16)
1400 West Lacey Blvd.
Hanford, CA 93230
[phone] or [phone]
www.countyofkings.com
http://smartvoter.org/2003/10/07/ca/kn/

Lake (17)
255 North Forbes Street, Rm 209
Lakeport, CA 95453-4748
[phone]
www.co.lake.ca.us/countygovernment/elections/pplace47/pollplac.htm

Lassen (18)
220 South Lassen Street, Suite 5
Susanville, CA 96130
[phone]
http://clerk.lassencounty.org/Polling%20Places.pdf

Los Angeles (19)
12400 Imperial Hwy.
Norwalk, CA 90650-8350
[phone]
http://www.lavote.net/locator/

Madera (20)
209 West Yosemite Avenue
Madera, CA 93637
[phone]
No Website Available

Marin (21)
3501 Civic Center, Room 152
San Rafael, CA 94913-3904
[phone]
www.co.marin.ca.us/depts/RV/main/root1007/pollplac.htm
http://smartvoter.org/2003/10/07/ca/mrn/

Mariposa (22)
4982 10th Street
P.O. Box 247
Mariposa, CA 95338
[phone]
No Website Available

Mendocino (23)
501 Low Gap Rd., Rm. 1020
Ukiah, CA 95482
[phone] or [phone]
or outside Ukiah area, 1-800-991-5441 (when prompted dial 4370, 4371, or 4372)
No Website Available

Merced (24)
2222 "M" Street, Room 14
Merced, CA 95340
[phone]
No Website Available

Modoc (25)
204 Court Street
Alturas, CA 96101-0131
[phone]
No Website Available

Mono (26)
Bryant Street - Annex II
Bridgeport, CA 93517
[phone] or [phone]
No Website Available

Monterey (27)
1370 South Main Street #B
Salinas, CA 93901
[phone]
http://smartvoter.org/2003/10/07/ca/mnt/

Napa (28)
900 Coombs Street, Suite 256
Napa, CA 94559-2946
[phone]
http://www.mynapa.info/LIVING/Apps/PollLocator/

Nevada (29)
10433 Willow Valley Rd., Suite E
Nevada City, CA 95959
[phone]
http://election.co.nevada.ca.us/voteloc.php3

Orange (30)
P O Box 11298
Santa Ana, CA 92711
[phone]
http://smartvoter.org/2003/10/07/ca/or/

Placer (31)
2954 Richardson Drive
Auburn, CA 95603
[phone]
www.placer.ca.gov/clerk/elections/root1007/pollplac.htm
http://smartvoter.org/2003/10/07/ca/plc/

Plumas (32)
520 Main Street, Room 102
Quincy, CA 95971
[phone]
No Website Available

Riverside (33)
2724 Gateway Drive
Riverside, CA 92507-0918
1-800-773-VOTE (8683)
www.co.riverside.ca.us/election/polls/root1007/pollplac.htm
http://smartvoter.org/2003/10/07/ca/rv/

Sacramento (34)
3700 Branch Center Road
Sacramento, CA 95827
[phone]
www.pwa.saccounty.net/pollingplace/
http://smartvoter.org/2003/10/07/ca/sac/

San Benito (35)
Courthouse, Room 206
440 Fifth Street
Hollister, CA 95023-3843
[phone]
No Website Available

San Bernardino (36)
777 East Rialto Avenue
San Bernardino, CA 92415
[phone]
http://gis1.sbcounty.gov/vrlookup/presentation/chameleon/search.asp

San Diego (37)
5201 Ruffin Road, Suite I
San Diego, CA 92123
[phone]
www2.sdcounty.ca.gov/rov/election/polling_query.html
http://smartvoter.org/2003/10/07/ca/sd/

San Francisco (38)
City Hall - 1 Dr. Carlton B Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102
[phone]
http://sunset.ci.sf.ca.us/PollLookup41.nsf/SearchData?openform
http://smartvoter.org/2003/10/07/ca/sf/

San Joaquin (39)
212 North San Joaquin Street
Stockton, CA 95202
[phone]
www.co.san-joaquin.ca.us/elect/PollingPlaceLookUp/root1007/pollplac.htm
http://smartvoter.org/2003/10/07/ca/sj/

San Luis Obispo (40)
1144 Monterey Street, Ste. A
San Luis Obispo, CA 93408
[phone]
http://www.sloelections.org/elections/pollinglocations.htm
http://smartvoter.org/2003/10/07/ca/slo/

San Mateo (41)
40 Tower Road
San Mateo, California 94402
[phone]
www.shapethefuture.org/voters/voter_status.asp
http://smartvoter.org/2003/10/07/ca/sm/

Santa Barbara (42)
Courthouse Basement
1100 Anacapa Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
1-800-SBC-VOTE (1-800-722-8683)
www.sb-democracy.com/elect/resources/root1007/pollplac.htm
http://smartvoter.org/2003/10/07/ca/sba/

Santa Clara (43)
1555 Berger Drive, Bldg. 2
San Jose, CA 95112
[phone] (VOTE)
www.sccgov.org/rov/polling_form/0,5455,,00.html
http://smartvoter.org/2003/10/07/ca/scl/

Santa Cruz (44)
701 Ocean Street, Room 210
Santa Cruz, CA 95060-4076
[phone]
www.votescount.com/oct03/root1007/pollplac.htm
http://smartvoter.org/2003/10/07/ca/scz/

Shasta (45)
1643 Market Street
Redding, CA 96001
[phone]
www.co.shasta.ca.us/departments/CountyClerkRegistrarOfVoters/root1007/pollplac.htm
http://smartvoter.org/2003/10/07/ca/sh/

Sierra (46)
Courthouse, Room 11
P O DRAWER D
Downieville, CA 95936-0398
[phone]
No polling places will be set up in county - all registered voters will be mailed an absentee ballot.

Siskiyou (47)
311 - 4th Street, Room 201
Yreka, CA 96097
[phone]
No Website Available

Solano (48)
510 Clay Street
Fairfield, CA 94533
[phone]
www.solanocounty.com/elections/pplookup.asp
http://smartvoter.org/2003/10/07/ca/sln/

Sonoma (49)
435 Fiscal Drive
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
[phone]
www.sonoma-county.org/regvoter/pplace/content.asp?page=pollplac.htm
http://smartvoter.org/2003/10/07/ca/sn/

Stanislaus (50)
1021 I Street, Suite 101
Modesto, CA 95354-2331
[phone]
http://smartvoter.org/2003/10/07/ca/stn/

Sutter (51)
PO Box 1555
Yuba City, CA 95992
[phone]
No Website Available

Tehama (52)
444 Oak Street, Room C
Red Bluff, CA 96080
[phone]
No Website Available

Trinity (53)
101 Court Street
Weaverville, CA 96093
[phone]
No Website Available

Tulare (54)
221 South Mooney Blvd., #G28
Visalia, CA 93291-4596
[phone]
www.tularecoauditor.org/elections/recall/root1007/pollplac.htm
http://smartvoter.org/2003/10/07/ca/tlr/

Tuolumne (55)
Administration Center
2 South Green Street
Sonora, CA 95370-4696
[phone]
No Website Available

Ventura (56)
800 South Victoria Avenue, L-1200
Ventura, CA 93009-1200
[phone]
www.ventura.org/election/PPLACE/POLLPLAC.HTM

Yolo (57)
625 Court Street, Room B05
Woodland, CA 95695
[phone]
www.yoloelections.org/voting/polling_place
http://smartvoter.org/2003/10/07/ca/yl/

Yuba (58)
935 14th Street
Marysville, CA 95901-5793
[phone]
www.co.yuba.ca.us/clerk/polling_index.html

:kick:

[Andy_Stephenson]

7. Well...now lets see if they pull any shenanigans!

I should be there with my cam.

[BevHarris]

8. Actually, I've got another mission for you GB&C-- a fun one

right up your alley. Are you up for going a little nuts on Tuesday and Wednesday?

This is going to be very constructive.

Bev

[Andy_Stephenson]

13. Cool

Check your PM's

[shance]

10. Bev - You are a leader among others who care

This is a process, some are slower than others to grasp the extent of what is happening. However I am finding there are others who feel the same way that we do here at DU.

Eventually all will see that our votes are in jeopardy due to electronic voting, and MORE than need to be counted and protected, as our Democracy needs to be.

I am grateful to you and so many others around this country that are working towards ensuring the taking back of our vote.

We all need to work together and focus on the big picture, which is that all votes be counted and included in the Democratic process.

[ParanoidPat]

11. Just received this e-mail from Working Assets.com

GET OUT AND VOTE ON TUESDAY, OCT. 7
Working Assets urges Californians to go to the polls on Tuesday
October 7 and cast a vote in the unprecedented gubernatorial recall
election. Citizens who vote will decide who is to lead our state at a
time of acute fiscal crisis and intensifying political chaos. If you
don't vote, someone else with a very different vision for the future
of California may make this crucial decision for you. Please vote, and
help increase turn out by bringing a friend to the polls.

Note: Working Assets does not endorse or oppose candidates for public
office. With people around the globe literally dying for democracy, we
strongly encourage citizens to exercise their right to vote on
election day.


WHEN, WHERE AND HOW TO VOTE
The polls are open statewide from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

For help locating your polling place click on the link below and
access up-to-date information for your county:

http://yourvotematters.workingassets.com/ctt.asp?u=1010626&l=5993

For more information about the ballot, go to the Special Recall
Election Voter Guide from the nonpartisan California Voter Foundation
by clicking on the link below:

http://yourvotematters.workingassets.com/ctt.asp?u=1010626&l=5994


VOTE NO ON WARD CONNERLY'S PROP. 54
Ward Connerly is back with more bad policy for California. Connerly's
Proposition 54 would prevent state agencies from collecting or using
information on race. Connerly calls it the Racial Privacy Initiative.
But Prop. 54 doesn't protect privacy - it legislates ignorance and
undermines guarantees of equal access and equal protection under the
law. There are racial inequalities in healthcare, employment,
education, housing and the courts that won't be solved by turning a
blind eye.

If you want to prevent inequality and injustice in California, make
sure to vote NO on Proposition 54 on October 7.


SPREAD THE WORD
Unfortunately, the recall madness has drowned out the campaign against
Proposition 54. You'd be surprised how many of your friends might not
even know that 54 is on the ballot. You can help stop this destructive
initiative by informing your friends about it. It's easy to let them
know. Just use our Tell Your Friends feature to send them an e-mail
about Connerly's initiative, urging them to vote NO on 54.

If we each motivate one more person to go to the polls and vote NO on
Prop. 54, we'll double our voting power to oppose it. To tell your
friends to vote NO on Prop. 54 click on the link below:

http://yourvotematters.workingassets.com/ctt.asp?u=1010626&l=5995

:kick:

[revcarol]

18. Whoa. I had forgotten about Prop. 54.

I hope it goes down to defeat too.

Great job, Bev. I hope you don't get any calls about fraud, but that's not likely. Probably many of the calls will be from naturalized former Mexicans denied their right to vote.I don't put ANYTHING past this administration.

[NIGHT TRIPPER]

12. kicketh

:kick:

[Andy_Stephenson]

14. kick

:kick:

[REP]

15. I Live In A Punch-Card County

Never had any problems, other than the workers have trouble spelling my double-barrelled name. You want info from us?

[BevHarris]

22. Yes -- here's what punch card folks should look for

1) Late opening of the polls -- this has traditionally been a problem in minority districts, the polls open late and those who must go to work lose their opportunity to vote

2) Listen to the conversations, the general tone of discussion

3) See if the punch cards punch through for your candidate. I had an engineer call me from Florida last time to report that you could dislodge Bush votes with a puff of air, but Gore votes would not fully dislodge unless you tore the little chad off.

4) Observe any irregularities in how the vote comes in -- ie. are there too many overvotes? That is one of the easiest ways to disqualify punch cards.

5) Make sure they post the precinct results on your polling place at the end. That is the law in California, and it's very important. For this to have any meaning, though, that report would need to go up BEFORE the punch cards are transported to the county.

Bev
It will go live tonight at 6:00 California time: BBVreports.org

Black Box Voting
http://www.blackboxvoting.com
http://www.blackboxvoting.org

[leftchick]

16. thank you Bev and David!

:kick: :)

[HFishbine]

17. Suggestion

Hey Bev,

California is not the only election tomorrow. How about a forum for reporting any and all election irregularities?

[BevHarris]

23. Well my bad. Where are the other elections? THANKS!

Yes, we'll set up a forum for each state having an election if that's the case. Can someone let me know which states are having elections tomorrow? I need to contact the press.

Bev

[HFishbine]

27. I don't know about states

I was thinking specifically of my local municipal election, also with DREs and which I intend to monitor.

[BevHarris]

28. Good. We will set up a general forum for miscellaneous elections

And thanks for the heads up, this is important.

[mrsteve]

20. Fabulous work Bev -

And a kick for you and all the other BBV worker bees! The world is watching... :kick:

[shirlden]

21. Double kick

n/t :kick: :kick:

[DemNoir]

24. Good hard KICK

[mrsteve]

25. Kick again

Stay up at the top ya little beastie! :kick:

[RedEagle]

26. Get out the Vote, California!

Kick!

[ParanoidPat]

29. Reminder for folks using Optical Scan and Touch Screens.....

.....Please look at the units you are voting on and see if there are any cables other than the power cord attached to the machines! If you see anything other than a power cord, please ask a poll worker if you can speak to whoever is in charge. Ask for that persons name, and what the extra cables are hooked up to, and report that information and the precinct location and time of day to the California BBV Reporting web site at this address.

http://www.BBVreport.org

Your help in this matter is greatly appreciated! :evilgrin:
Let's let them know that we're paying attention. :)

Thanks in advance! :kick:

[BevHarris]

36. Yes, Pat -- good catch! I'll suggest that we put that on the web site

good thinking.

"These machines aren't hooked up to anything." -- Dr. Brit Williams.

Let's make sure they're not.

[ParanoidPat]

37. That should give you a hint.....

......of what kind of video I'm shooting for! :evilgrin:



:kick:

[noiretextatique]

30. i will spread the word

i'm in oakland, alameda county. my neighbor is a poll worker for our voting site...i'll be sure to tell her about this. thanks.

[BevHarris]

31. IMPORTANT - I GOT WRONG ADDRESS

It's singular: BBVreport.org

yikes, have to change this all over.

[ParanoidPat]

32. Changed in my post above.

Thanks Bev. :)

:kick:

[ParanoidPat]

38. If we can have 3 polls about who's gonna win on the 1st page.....

.....I think there's room for this. :evilgrin:

:kick:

[BevHarris]

39. And speaking of polls -- there's one on the BBVreport.org site

But I need to see if they'll put the top spot "VOTE NO" on recall -- if not, I think I'll have them take the whole thing off.

We're doing the final tweaks.

[ParanoidPat]

40. Good to see the splash screen up!

NBC local news (KSBW Channel 8) reporting it could be a week before election results are certified due to the number of absentee ballots being cast.

:kick: Report election problems to http://bbvreport.org :kick:

[RedEagle]

45. ..the number of absentee ballots

Hey ParanoidPat- do you think people are getting nervous about auditless voting on touch screens that don't produce a voter-verified paper ballot?

Wow, it would be great to know how many people got the word and are NOT voting on those machines.

Good luck tomorrow!

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :yourock: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[4dog]

41. Thank you Bev and everybody. And everybody else, keep

spreading the word.

[blondeatlast]

42. Way to go, Bev!

You've got your work cut out for you; may justice prevail.

[blondeatlast]

43. Kick.

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[nothingshocksmeanymore]

44. Thanks Bev

[ljm2002]

46. Please fix the splash page!

I am using Windows 98 and IE5, and I can't bring up the splash page. There are lots more like me out there, and you are turning them away at the gate. Please have someone take a look and FIX THIS.

At the very least, give a link on the intro page that allows visitors to bypass the splash page and get to the rest of the site.

Thanks for all your work, you are something! This is a fantastic idea and I just want to help make it more successful!

[BigLed]

47. Better

kick this as it is election day.

[PATRICK]

48. Citizen Twain's cartoon on Diebold

and the California recall at "Too Stupid to be President" website is a treat, by the way. I think he got one fact wrong on the 26 critical flaws that he attributed to Rubin but was the SAIC judgment. Maybe he needs to read up a bit more? "Plausible electability" was very good.

My take on the machines in CA is that a) the junk can't help but perform oddly even without fraud b) someone, despite the scrutiny may be inclined to forge ahead with unproveable, in-your-face fraud. After all, they must do that in 2004, so why surrender CA to honest chance?

I hope you can do better than they did in 2002. expect people to flood your site with "Democratic" skulduggery. That is what they did to a watchdog site in 2002.

[Spazito]

49. A big KICK

along with my prayers for a NO RECALL win!

:kick: