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These are some of the ways the election watchdog app helped concerned citizens protect the vote.
However, Democracy Counts now has a second app that may be helpful in Georgia, a state known for problems with voter suppression.
The second app is called Wanna Vote. "It documents the extent and impact of voter suppression," said Wolf, a Harvard-trained attorney. "People who were prevented from voting will vote in this app as they would have, had they been permitted to. This documents the extent of the injury to voters' rights and demonstrates the magnitude of the suppression on the election outcome."
Wolf explained how he plans to make Wanna Vote available in Georgia. He said voters in areas where voter suppression stands out will learn about Wanna Vote before Election Day. Voters in select precincts will get a flyer or door hanger that does not look like campaign literature. It will explain what Wanna Vote is and why it's documenting voter suppression.
The plan also calls for Georgia poll watchers to speak with people after they leave some polling stations to record evidence of voter suppression on the Wanna Vote app.
The Wanna Vote app documents voter suppression, which is what the Stacey Abrams voting rights group, Fair Fight, did after the 2018 election.
Here is information the Fair Fight website provided from a registered voter who was prevented from voting:
I planned to vote before work on November 6, 2018 at the Webster County EMS Building. I gave my ID to poll worker to scan an she informed me that I was Registered in Muskogee County and was supposed to be voting in Columbus. I have never lived in Muskogee County or Columbus. The address that the poll worker said was coming up in her system for me was incorrect. I was told that I could not vote in Webster County and I was not offered a Provisional Ballot. Columbus is a 45 minute drive and I had to report to work so I was unable to drive there to vote at that time and I didn't finish working on November 6, 2018 until 10:00pm.
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Dasia
FULTON COUNTY
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