2. Empowerer (provide financial support, donate laptops, video cameras, travel miles)
3. Hunter-Gatherer (collect assigned, strategic information using the Internet and public records)
4. Analyzer (Crunch numbers, harvest election-related data, create tools to improve efficiency)
5. Communicator (connect important information with blogs, mainstream media, public officials, and enforcement authorities)
ANALYZERS, THIS ONE'S FOR YOU
Now is the time to start flagging anomalies so that citizens who are Communicators can practice getting the word out. New results will be rolling in all week. Play with the tools (which are in early stages of development), post your findings, and if you feel inspired, invent new tools for the next round.
ANOMALY EXAMPLES:
Up until just before 5 pm our time [Pacific] Jefferson County [KY] was at 89% reporting and Barack had 113,000+ votes. At 5:03 our time or 8:03 KY time the number of precincts reporting dropped to 86% and Barack's number of votes dropped to 64,489 - his % of votes is approximately the same."
"It only took until the 5th ward in Allegheny County [PA] to find a false result. Two reform ballots were cast when only one reform voter is registered. This mystery reformer ballot cast happens with a fair amount of regularity." "A better question is why there were any at all, since this is a closed primary."
Barnstead, New Hampshire, January presidential primary: Registered Democratic voters plus same-day Dem registrations plus unaffiliated voters requesting Democratic ballot: 674. Number of Democratic ballots cast: 917.
Allentown 1st Ward 1st District [PA] which is duplicated (odd) however truly unusual is the reporting time of 10:03 AM. Isn't 10:03AM a bit early for reporting results?
Vigo County [IN], 2008 primary, results were up on CNN nearly one-half hour before the polls closed.
NON-TECHIES: EXIT HERE
Entering technical zone...Here are details and links for the Tools:
quote:From John Howard:
WEB SITE MIRRORING (also called offline browsing) -- There are numerous products out there. One is called HTtrack and, with Windows, you use the windows version called WinHTTrack. It's a free open-source product and can be found at http://www.httrack.com/page/2/en/index.html
