{"id":1048,"date":"2008-11-04T08:06:33","date_gmt":"2008-11-04T12:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geneveith.com\/monitoring-who-votes\/_1048\/"},"modified":"2008-11-04T08:06:33","modified_gmt":"2008-11-04T12:06:33","slug":"monitoring-who-votes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/2008\/11\/monitoring-who-votes\/","title":{"rendered":"Monitoring who votes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

I don\u2019t know if this is happening everywhere, just in the battleground states, just in Virginia, or just in states that require election officers to audibly repeat the name and address of voters as they check in. But this practice disturbs me. From Parties Assign Lawyers to Watch Polls, Turnout \u2013 washingtonpost.com<\/a>:<\/p>\n

A training manual that the Virginia Democratic Party distributed to hundreds of lawyer volunteers instructs them on the Obama campaign\u2019s get-out-the-vote effort, called the \u201cHoudini Project.\u201d Lawyers will periodically enter into a database the names of those who have cast ballots so that campaign staff can contact those who have not voted, almost in real time.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe research that has been done is extremely professional and really unbelievable,\u201d said David Traynor, 24, of Ireland, who traveled to New Mexico to volunteer in the Obama campaign and has blogged on the subject. \u201cIt could have a significant effect on the vote, perhaps 2 to 3 percent.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nThe training manual instructs volunteers stationed inside the polling places to \u201cmark down targeted voters as they vote.\u201d They will be able to get voters\u2019 names, because Virginia law states that officers of election must repeat \u201cin a voice audible to party and candidate representatives present, the full name and address\u201d of the voter. (If the officer of election does not do this, the manual also instructs volunteers \u201cto politely remind them of their obligation to do so.\u201d)\n

Then twice during the day, at 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., volunteers inside the polls are supposed to pass the list of voters who have cast their ballots to the lawyers outside the polling place. They, in turn, will call in to a central database and enter four-digit codes assigned to each voter. The names of those who have voted will be removed from the voter database created by the campaign \u2014 their names will disappear, hence the name Houdini \u2014 so that campaign workers can knock on doors and call those who haven\u2019t voted.<\/p>\n

The concept of the secret ballot should be more than just a technical requirement having to do with the content of one\u2019s votes. It should be a principle that governs the whole rite of voting. I\u2019m not even going to tell any exit-pollsters how I voted. I realize that might throw off the networks\u2019 early predictions, but there it is.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/blockquote><\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I don\u2019t know if this is happening everywhere, just in the battleground states, just in Virginia, or just in states that require election officers to audibly repeat the name and address of voters as they check in. But this practice disturbs me. 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