Speaking of voting problems, Harvard's Archon Fung has started a crowd-sourcing project like Ushahidi to collect information for election monitoring.
Check out MyFairElection.com And check out our interview with him for more details ... http://www.bostonreview.net/BR37.6/archon_fung_my_fair_election.php Best wishes, David On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 11:38 AM, Shava Nerad <[email protected]> wrote: > I just sent this to my secretary of the commonwealth (secy of state) and > election commission, and blogged it encouraging others to do the same: > > ==== > > I have heard reports in the media of voters receiving "robocalls" that > they would be required to produce photo IDs at the polls (false) and that > the storm pushed voting to Wednesday (also false). The caller ID on these > calls was blocked, not surprisingly. > > I am a longtime resident in Massachusetts, having spent most of my adult > life here, from 1978-1989 and 2004 to now. I live in Salem now, but spent > most of that time in the Cambridge/Somerville area, and have been active in > community causes through nonprofit and political channels my whole life, > including when I was in my long wanderyahr away, Democratic State Committee > in Oregon and Chair of Budget and Finance for Multnomah County (Portland > OR). > > I'm also a telecommunications expert, having gotten my start on the > Internet in 1982 at DEC on 128. > > It doesn't matter if these people blocked their caller ID. This is voter > fraud and intimidation -- and a felony. If you can find people that > received these calls -- and you should be able to easily through social > media -- you should be able to go to their phone provider and find out > easily under warrant who placed these phone calls to them. > > They are criminally liable and should be taken to court and exposed in the > press for their acts -- and as a deterrent to anyone who feels that they > can use this technology for such acts in future elections. > > It's VITAL that you not only follow up on this, but that you make a public > statement IMMEDIATELY saying that this is possible and that you are > following up to deter copycat crimes over the next few days throughout the > country. > > I'm publishing this letter in my blog as a model for other politicos and > journalists. > > Most sincerely, > -- > > Feel free to adapt and use and distribute. > > > yrs, > -- > > Shava Nerad > [email protected] > > > -- > Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > -- David V. Johnson Web Editor Boston Review Website: http://www.bostonreview.net Twitter: http://twitter.com/BostonReview Tumblr: http://bostonreview.tumblr.com Cell: (917)903-3706
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