FAQs: Making Your Vote Count
Length: 02:00  Type of program: Current Affairs

Broadcast Times    

Not scheduled (again) this week


An encore broadcast of a national call-in show, first aired Saturday night, that addresses frequently asked questions about voters' rights, the risks of electronic voting machines and the challenges facing voters at the polls. During this broadcast, phone lines will be open to provide you with information on how to report voter fraud. To report any irregularities, please call 1-866-848-0831 (DURING THE PROGRAM ONLY, PLEASE).

The show is co-hosted by former NBC correspondent Peter Laufer and Davey D, the host of Hard Knock Radio on KPFA FM.

To watch this program online, click here.

GUESTS:

Peter G. Neumann, Principal Scientist at the SRI International Computer Science Laboratory
Steven Hill, senior analyst for the Center for Voting and Democracy and author of Fixing Elections: The Failure of America's Winner Take All Politics.
Recording Artist AK-9ine

CALL-IN GUESTS:

Adrienne Maree Brown, co-founder, League of Pissed off Voters
Malia Lazu, National Field Coordinator for the Young Voter Alliance

HOW TO PROTECT YOUR VOTE ON ELECTION DAY:

To find your polling place, click here.

If you want to volunteer to be a �mystery voter� and help collect polling data and exit polls, visit votewatch.us

Sign up to be a poll watcher at electionprotectionvolunteer.org.

To resolve legal voting questions or report voting problems, call the non-partisan Election Protection Coalition at 1-866-OUR VOTE (687-8683).

For a map of the specific voting technology used in your area, visit verifiedvoting.org. 

To report an election irregularity, visit voteprotect.org

To recieve Action Alerts, send a letter or fax to a member of congress, sign and circulate a petition, or download the Voter's Guide to Electronic Voting (PDF format) or the Poll Monitor's & Poll Worker's Guide to Electronic Voting (PDF format), visit verifiedvoting.org.  This organization has 1300 technicians all over the country standing by to monitor any electronic election irregularities.

TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE CLIPS AIRED ON THE PROGRAM:

The BBC Newsnight film about the new Florida voting scandal.

To see the full film about the dangers of electronic voting, visit www.votergate.tv

To view Eminem's "Mosh" music video, click here.

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