East County News Service
September 18, 2016 (San Diego’s East County)—Recently we interviewed Ruth Weiss, San Diego coordinator for the Election Integrity Project. The all-volunteer, nonpartisan California organization’s mission is to restore fair and honest elections in our state. It’s motto is “Every lawfully cast ballot accurately counted.”
The Election Integrity Project seeks volunteers willing to be trained to help monitor elections and vote-counting. “Whether a person can give 10 minutes or 10 hours on election day, they can make a difference. Our training is also available online at our website,” says Weiss.
Listen to our interview with Weiss by clicking the audio link, and scroll down for more information about the organizations.
There are four prongs to the Election Integrity Project’s work:
- Voter roll research—assisting cooperative Registrars of Voters to find duplicates, deceased and other unlawfully registered people so that more effective list maintenance can occur.
- Voter education—maintaining a website (www.electionintegrityproject.com) to educate the public on California’s electoral process and how to use it to cast a more secure vote. The group also sends articles to its email list and posts on Facebook and Twitter. In addition, Election Integrity Project provides guest speakers for organizations and radio.
- Legislative oversight—monitoring proposed legislation, writing official letters of support or opposition to committee members and bill authors, and encouraging voters to contact their state representatives when appropriate.
- Election observation—the organization claims it has trained thousands of volunteers to be effective observers at the polls including how to lawfully intervene to get violations rectified immediately so that votes are protected. Observers also document their observations under penalty of perjury so reports can assist in educating Registrars of Voters to help improve poll worker training. The organization also trains volunteers to observe the vote processing and signature verification procedures.
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Worth Every Second of Your Time to listen to the Audio!
Why did we hire this Character?
Vu was not convicted. He supervised people who were convicted
of election fraud.
I recently heard these were overturned on appeal but am not certain; if anyone has a link please post here.
Right you are Miriam on Michael Vu