List of election integrity hotlines and addresses
From dKosopedia
In addition to the hotlines listed here, contact the following:
- your local elections board (sample Internet searches: "Springfield Massachusetts elections board", "Springfield Massachusetts town clerk")
- the Secretary of State for your state (sample Internet search: "secretary state Massachusetts")
- the campaign for one or more of the candidates being affected
- the judge assigned to your county (or other jurisdiction) to hear voting complaints (campaigns may know who this is)
- the media
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Nonpartisan hotlines
- 1-866-OUR-VOTE (1-866-687-8683): hotline staffed by live operators run by the Election Protection Coalition (see description by People for the American Way and diary by Femlaw; note that URLs associated with this project are http://www.ep365.org and http://www.866ourvote.org; note also that the 2006 results will be reported at http://www.electionreporting.org)
- 1-888-VE-Y-VOTA (1-888-839-8682): Election Protection Coalition hotline in Spanish
- 1-866-MYVOTE-1 (1-866-698-6831): hotline providing recorded polling place information, a chance to leave a message describing voting problem, and the option to be forwarded to a local election board; hotline is run by the MyVote1 Consortium (this hotline is considered a "companion" of 1-866-OUR-VOTE; note that 2006 MoveOn scripts cite the 1-866-MYVOTE-1 number; see also report (PDF), Reform Institute link)
- 1-888-SAV-VOTE (1-888-728-8683): hotline run by Watch The Vote, primarily associated with Voter Action; also connected to Verified Voting's Election Transparency Project
- 1-888-VOTE-TIP (1-888-868-3847): hotline run by Velvet Revolution
- 1-800-792-VOTE (1-800-792-8683): hotline run by ACLU and League of Women Voters NJ (New Jersey only) (see their call for volunteers; also see pocketcard in PDF format)
- 1-800-966-5946: hotline run by Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund with special focus on problems faced by Asian-Americans
- 303-839-4300x100: Fair Vote Colorado hotline for reporting problems (see also their website)
Union hotlines
- 1-877-SEIU-VOTE (1-877-734-8868): hotline run by the Service Employees International Union
- 1-877-4IBTNOW (1-877-442-8669): hotline run by the Teamsters
Government hotlines
- 1-800-831-8814: hotline run by the Alabama Attorney General's office
- link to voter registration hotlines in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Tagalog, and Vietnamese from the [http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/elections_multi.htm CA Secretary of State
- CA county election officials posted by the CA Secretary of State
- 1-866-308-6739: Florida Voter Assistance Hotline; TTY number is 1-800-955-8771 FL
- 1-877-868-3737: Florida Voter Fraud Hotline FL
- 1-800-328-VOTE (1-800-328-8683): Kentucky Election Fraud Hotline, run by Kentucky Attorney General's office
Democratic hotlines
National Democratic hotline
- 1-888-DEM-VOTE (1-888-336-8683): hotline run by the Voting Rights Institute of the Democratic Party; incidents can also be entered via this site; see also call for OH volunteers, announcement to IN voters
Local and state Democratic hotlines
- 970-484-3300: Colorado Democratic Party (Brent Olsson)
- 1-888-678-VOTE (1-888-678-8683): Maryland Democratic Party's Voter Empowerment Hotline (dKos diary by wmtriallawyer)
- 816-753-7931: Kansas City, MO Democratic Election Protection number
E-mail addresses
- VotingProblems@gmail.com for problems to be collected by Subodh Chandra, Caroline Gentry, and Ritchey Hollenbaugh (see Oct. 28 diary by Renee in Ohio)
Internet resources
- CanIVote.org is a step-by-step guide to voting
- VoterStory.org provides a user interface "widget" for reporting election irregularities; the reports are then passed on (presumably to People for the American Way, which is a partner and runs the 1-866-OUR-VOTE hotline)
- Fair Vote Colorado provides a web form (and phone number) for reporting incidents
Additional resources
- AFL-CIO resources including bills of rights for voters in AZ, FL, MD, MI, MO, NV, OH, PA, TN, WA and poster advertising the 1-866-OUR-VOTE hotline
- Electionline.org has resources including lists of state laws affecting voter ID, registration databases, and more
- ProtectOurVotes.org is a project to get election irregularities into media headlines immediately
- VeekTheVote.org is a project to organize using cell phone cameras to capture "veeks" ("video peeks") of election irregularities
- VideoTheVote.org is a project to organize the filming of election irregularities