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Obama Campaign Responds to Voter Misdirection

Obama campaign responds to reports of voter misdirection:

We have reports from all over the country that students, poor folks, and African American and Latino voters are getting emails and text messages saying that election day and polling has been extended to tomorrow. Others are getting messages saying that due to long lines, Republicans vote today and Democrats vote tomorrow.

PLEASE FORWARD MESSAGES TO ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS AND CONTACTS LETTING THEM KNOW THAT ELECTION DAY IS TODAY ONLY! Both Democrats and Republicans vote TODAY only.

As long as they are in line by the closing of polls, they will be allowed to vote.

PROBLEMS? CALL OUR VOTER PROTECTION NUMBER - 1-877-874-6226 -
(available on www.barackobama.com). There is a legal team set up to help.

(This is the national voter protection line. it may be easier to also go to www.voteforchange.com if you hear of any problems at the polls.)

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“Obama Voters” Encouraged to Vote on Wednesday?!

Don Juan Corzo, a reporter for Semana News in Houston, Texas, just received the following text message on his mobile phone: “Due to extremly long lines Obama voters are encouraged to cast their ballot on Wensday.” [sic]

What do you think: is this for real? Can anyone identify the phone number: 5129709540? 512 is an Austin area code…

"Obama Voters" Asked to Vote on Wednesday...After Polls Have Closed!

Update: According to Don Juan Corzo, this is an unknown number. (How are these people getting mobile number lists?!)

DJC: “I got it this morning, and we decided that it was best to forward to instant-access media outlets whether it could be a joke or not. Univision already warned people about it on the air about an hour ago in La Tremenda.

The source number, as you can tell from the picture, is Austin’s area code. I tried calling it back but I got a generic number voicemail.

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NOV 4 : VOTE & Twitter Your Voter Report!

On November 4th 2008, millions of Americans will go to over 200,000 distinct voting locations and using different systems and machinery to vote.  Some voters will have a terrific experiences, and others will experience the same problems we have been hearing about for years - long lines, broken machines, inaccurate voting rolls, and others will experience problems that we haven’t heard about before. That’s why a new citizen-driven election monitoring system called Twitter Vote Report (www.twittervotereport.com) was just launched. Using either Twitter.com, iPhone, direct SMS, or our telephone hotlines, voters will have a new way to share their experiences with one another and ensure that the media and watchdog groups are aware of any problems.

And YOU can help!  Be a citizen journalist!  Submit a report about conditions at your polling place.

Four ways to submit reports to Vote Report:

  • Twitter: include #votereport and other tags to describe the scene on the ground
  • SMS: Send text messages to 66937 (MOZES) starting with the keyword #votereport plus other hash tags
  • iPhone: We have a Twitter Vote Report iPhone app in the App store!
  • Phone: Call our automated system at 567-258-VOTE (8683) to report about conditions, using any touch-tone phone

And if you would like to talk to a human to report bad conditions you’ve observed, please call our partner 1-866-OUR-VOTE.

Share your voter experience via Twitter!

Share your voter experience via Twitter!

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