Tweet the Vote On Election Day

by Jen Nedeau · 2008-10-29 13:32:00 UTC
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Only a mere 88 years have passed since women were given the right to vote with the passage of the 19th Amendment. With the election on November 4th, make sure to not only get out the vote yourself, but be vigilant about voter fraud or suppression that you witness.

This year the social media community has created two projects to thwart voter suppression and fraud on election day that I want to share with all the readers of Change.org:

Voter Suppression Wiki:

A hub of information and action around efforts to suppress votes in the 2008 U.S. elections and is updated by citizens all around the country working to protect their votes and the votes of others.

Three major areas for impact:

  • Awareness:"know your rights" and "what to do if you have a problem" information
  • Alert voters and media to important election information such as poll location changes, running out of ballots, extended hours
  • Monitor and report incidences of voter suppression during early voting and (especially) on election day

Twitter Vote Report:

  • The effort is energized by an open source ethos that has attracted many participating organizations including the Election Protection Coalition, Rock the Vote, Credo Mobile, Common Cause and many others to work across institutional lines to augment their own Election Day reporting efforts.
  • Cell phones users will help create an open conversation about Election Day issues that can be "seen" through maps, graphs and other creative visualization efforts
  • Twitter Vote Report has been embraced by a number of media outlets including NPR social media desk, PBS/YouTube, Current TV and lots and lots of bloggers
  • On Election Day citizens will report their experiences and also help one another to find out where, how and when to vote through Twitter.

Here are a few ways to join these projects and make sure your vote is secured on Election day.

Follow VoteReport on Twitter

Follow VoterSuppression on Twitter

Use Twitter and the code, or hashtag, #votereport on Election Day to share your experiences.

Voters can also send a message to Twitter Vote Report by:

  • Sending a text message to 66937
  • Calling to (567) 258-8683 (VOTE) to leave an automated message
  • Downloading the Twitter Vote Report iPhone application
Jen Nedeau Jen Nedeau is a media relations professional and a writer based in New York City.
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