Election Integrity Project: "We have never seen such widespread mismanagement or manipulation of the

[Gothmog]

95. I know the Protect the Vote people and have spoken at a couple of their events

The Protect the Vote people promote non-partisan voter protection which means that they cannot appoint poll watchers and are limited to poll observers who have to stay 100 feet from the entrance of the voting location. The big downtown law firms set up voter protection boiler rooms but they can not coordinate with political parties or appoint poll watchers. It is a way for big firm lawyers to rack up some pro bono hours but this group is not set up to accomplish much (some big firms have quotas for pro bono hours).

Political parties and candidates get to appoint poll watchers who can actually enter the polling location and observe the voting process. I work with the local county party and candidate and so I get to train poll watchers who are more effective than poll observers who have to stand 100 feet from the entrance of the voting location. I have been training poll watchers for my county, other counties and for Battleground Texas for a while

The Protect the Vote people are snotty to partisan voter protection types like myself but I feel that I can accomplish far more working with the party and the candidate than I can from 100 feet outside the polling location. My poll watchers can step outside and call me in the war room and I can usually get problems resolved (having the cell number of the local election officials helps).

In addition, there certain actions that a non-partisan group would not have standing to complain about. Candidates and political parties have standing and so go to the court house if necessary to extend hours. In addition, there is a cease and desist order against the RNC in a federal court in New Jersey that the DNC has the right to enforce. If we see true voter caging or actions like that, the state party can call the DNC who has lawyers standing by to get an injunction if the C&D is violated.

Again, the group in the OP does not engage in what I consider to be voter protection. The Protect the Vote people are good people but are not that effective.

Again, this is an area where I have done a ton of volunteer time.