{"id":308,"date":"2008-11-04T13:06:13","date_gmt":"2008-11-04T13:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/onecity\/2008\/11\/happy-election-day.html"},"modified":"2008-11-04T13:06:13","modified_gmt":"2008-11-04T13:06:13","slug":"happy-election-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/onecity\/2008\/11\/happy-election-day.html","title":{"rendered":"Happy Election Day!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wishing you an enjoyable and rewarding voting experience!
\nIf you have any problems voting:<\/strong>
\nhttp:\/\/www.866ourvote.org\/<\/a>
\nor
\n1-866-OUR-VOTE
\nFor example, if this happens:<\/strong>
\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1aBaX9GPSaQ<\/a>
\nAfter all that has happened in the last couple of elections, it is important that we have these kinds of organizations:
\n“The nonpartisan Election Protection coalition was formed to ensure that all voters have an equal opportunity to participate in the political process.\u00a0 Through our state of the art hotlines: 1-866-OUR-VOTE (administered by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law) and 1-888-Ve-Y-Vota (administered by the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Education Fund), this website, and comprehensive voter protection field programs across the country, we provide Americans from coast to coast with comprehensive voter information and advice on how they can make sure their vote is counted.<\/em>
\nMade up of more than 100 local, state and national partners, this year’s coalition will be the largest voter protection and education effort in the nation’s history.\u00a0 Throughout the election process, our volunteers – more than 10,000 strong – will be entering data and information into OurVote live (developed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation)<\/a>, an interactive environment painting the most comprehensive picture of election irregularities from the perspective of the voter available anywhere. Unique in the excitement of this political season, Election Protection focuses on the voter – not on the political horse race – and provides guidance, information and help to any American, regardless of who that voter is casting a ballot for.” <\/em>
\nAnd for those of you who want something to fill the time until the results are in, here is some interesting reading:
\nNate Silver over at FiveThirtyEight.com reviews 10 reasons to ignore exit polls<\/a>.
\nRock, Paper, Scissors – an article in the New Yorker about how we used to vote<\/a>.
\n <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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