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[FogerRox]

Have you ever read the Election Reform Daily Thread?
Todays Editor is livvy. Heres todays ERD:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x416552



Known as the "Daily Thread". 7 days a week the Daily Thread is assembled by a volunteer Editor. The Daily Thread is looking for volunteers to assist the Daily Editor in finding & posting news stories that have something to do with Election Reform, Fraud, & Related News. Volunteers will be adding posts to the already started Daily Thread. If you are interested, post up with the day of the week you would like to sign up for, one hour at most - is all it takes. It may be useful to pair volunteers by time zones. SO each pair will have a EST and a PST.

I am the friday editor, I am on Eastern Standard Time, EST. I usually post up the thread by 10amEST.


Any questions, Please PM me, FogerRox.

[BlooInBloo]

1. I'd love to get involved!

Any day that's needed is fine with me... Monday would be cool if there are several days available...

I'm PST (Seattle).

I know I'm new posting here, but I've read DU for years - and I blog too! :)

EDIT: typo {blush}

[FogerRox]

2. Opps folks-- X X X X X X X lled-- (edited by me)

Autorank-

DO YOU DO MONDAYS?

[BlooInBloo]

3. Some other day is fine by me...

Feel free to pick one that's available (clearly I have no idea what days are still available...)

[FogerRox]

4. tues thru sat. EDIT

What I mean is that you are the first one to respond, so you have your pick of 7 days. DO you want monday? its yours.

[BlooInBloo]

5. Tuesday it is!

If that's cool...

[FogerRox]

6. great- Tuesday is yours- Autorank is your Editor

IIRC this is last tuesdays thread by autorank.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x415951

Autorank---- Come meet a new member of the team--

[livvy]

18. Who wants to help on Saturday?

It's fun...

You'll learn a lot...

It'll make you think...

You can avoid mundane household chores for a while...

You can make your significant other watch the kids for a while...

You will be doing a service for your country...

And I'd love and appreciate the help!

On edit: And you'll probably learn to respond to the correct post in a thread! This was supposed to be in response to the original post! oops!

[Wilms]

19. rofl

:rofl:

[autorank]

12. I'm honored BlooInBloo

Great to have you as mid day editor on Tuesdays.

1) I post the Tuesday news thread between 10pm Monday and 4 am Tuesday.

2) Here's a sample post (you'll see why I need an editor;)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=203&topic_id=415774

(that was a Monday thread but dated 3/8 ... hmmm.)

Anyway, my posts have a bold face commentary before the article, top of the page. As a "punditician", you'll have your own comments. Feel free to add them.

3) I will post you my thread link after I post it on the Elections forum. If you don't get it, be assured that it was just an unintentional oversight by me and check the Elections forum.

4) The convention for updating is to post each update to the thread as a reply to the original post. Occasionally, you may reply to your previous message. Don't worry about it.

The exception to this is as follows:

See this post on NM election fraud:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=203&topic_id=415774#415783

I had two or three subordinate articles so those were posted as replies to the post that started the topic.

5) The general expectation is that people don't post comments to the thread as they do a typical discussion thread. They do post their own news stories, however. If there are comments, that's actually OK since the people are enthusiastic enough to comment so we generally say nothing.

6) I search Google and Yahoo with "election fraud", under "NEWS" and I SORT BY DATE. I'll also search for "voting machine" or "voting machine" followed by a state name.

There are some search tips indicated on the main page of the news thread so take a look. I'll come back here with some more this evening.

Tuesday will be a festive day on the thread between my mouthing off and your puns;)

Welcome aboard, autorank

[BlooInBloo]

14. Hi!

Just wanted to reply n say hi before dashing out to breakfast! I like you n DU n all, but, um, they have bacon...

I don't actually make puns, btw - at least not intentionally - lol - "punitician" is meant to be a play on "pundit", instead.

Will be back later today...

[autorank]

17. Bacon is good for you, so are hash browns. Later.

"Pundit" - great, then you have to do a bit of commentary on the stories.

:hi:

[FogerRox]

11. Sunday? did someone say Yes to Sunday?

Kickin for Sunday

[FogerRox]

7. ERD Editors schedule

mon & tues-Autorank- assistant Editor for tuesday, BlooInBloo.

Wen- stillcool47

Thur-Wilms

Fri- Roj-me

Sat- livvy

[FogerRox]

8. More

Sun- Melissa G

Now, Sunday-thats tommorrow. Who is thinking of Sunday?

This is what is being asked of you: Do a Google news search for stuff like this:

Voting Machine companies-
-Diebold, Sequoia, ES&S

Words like: ballot, election official, Help America Vote Act or HAVA. Voter Verified Paper Ballot or VVPB.



Go to the Election Reform thread-

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=203


. . . find the daily thread and post your news stories. Remember fair use requires we post no more than 4 paragraphs.

edit:

Here is a great example in todays ERD Thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x416552#416555

Livvy has edited the story to just 4 paragraphs and left a link to the full story. And Livvy right clicked the WasPo LOGO, to get the URL of the logo, and inserted the logo into the beginning of the post. Like this:

[autorank]

9. We want you!!! This issue WILL emerge. You can MAKE A DIFFERENCE

FogerRox has a great idea, regional editors. Let's make this the very best news service (as opposed to the best) on the internet for election fraud and election integrity.

Please sign up woth Mr. Rox. He's a great mentor.

[FogerRox]

10. hey Autorank-- did you meet your new . . . . . . .

assistant Editor for tuesday, BlooInBloo? See post #5.

[autorank]

13. Thanksk Foger, I did. Great idea.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=633179&mesg_id=633856

[helderheid]

15. I'm interested - just tell me what to do! :)

[FogerRox]

16. what day would you like to volunteer for?

Tuesday is sewn up-- that leaves 6 days? Heres whats involved, my post #8-

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x633179#633534

[FogerRox]

20. livvy needs help on saturday... come on. . .pony up-- whos going to grab

saturday?


Oh saTURdAy-- hello-- do you have 1 hour per week?

[EFerrari]

22. Whaddya mean "help"? Help with pegging articles?

Oh, jeeze.

Just give it up straight.

:silly:

[FogerRox]

25. yeah- google search some news articles and post 'em @ ERD

[EFerrari]

27. Okay, I can do that. Sign me up.

And THANK Y0U to the Daily Election Reform Editors who have worked those threads tirelessly all this thankless time.

We owe you more than we can ever repay.

:loveya:

:hug:

[FogerRox]

30. great- what day do you want?

[EFerrari]

31. Saturday. Please.

:)

[EFerrari]

21. Who do you have to bl*w in this town to get a recommendation?

:)

/always thinking about the kids.

[johnaries]

23. That will just get you impeached!

Except by me. I'll K&R just for the sentiment!
:hi:

[EFerrari]

24. And thank you so much.

:hi:

[FogerRox]

26. LOL

[EFerrari]

28. Oh, you're laughing NOW. Just wait until you hafta deal with

this circus person on a Saturday morning.

:silly:

[livvy]

41. Oh, goodie!

Welcome to the Saturday matinee! I'll get it rolling in the morning, since my dogs always get me up at their earliest convenience, and you can just jump in whenever it's best for you.

Here is some inspirational music:

http://www.tripletsandus.com/disney/midi/dumbo.mid

And a visual to go with it!


I look forward to sharing the big top with you!

[EFerrari]

45. LOL!

:rofl:

[EFerrari]

29. kick for real grassroots

:kick:

[FogerRox]

32. as it stands. . . . .. . . . ..

mon-Autorank-

tues-Autorank- assistant Editor for tuesday, BlooInBloo.

Wen- stillcool47

Thur-Wilms

Fri- Roj-me

Sat- livvy-assistant Editor for tuesday, sfexpat2000

Sun- Melissa G

helderheid, what day do you want?

[EFerrari]

34. I'll help Wilms on Thurs and livvy on Sat.

Thank you, Foger, Wilms and livvy.

[EFerrari]

33. Thank you to the two anonymous voters.

You know, if we clean up our elections, Democats might be seated.

All kinds of things might happen.

Just a thought.

:kick:

[EFerrari]

35. Kick

:kick:

[Melissa G]

36. K&R for the ERD Team! n/t

[EFerrari]

37. kick

[Catherine Vincent]

38. i'm game, sign me up!

I'll take whatever day Autorank has. :-) :hi:

[FogerRox]

39. as of Saturday, 6:30pm.

thanks cat_girl25, Autorank for monday.



mon-Autorank- assistant Editor for mon, cat_girl25

tues-Autorank- assistant Editor for tuesday, BlooInBloo.

Wen- stillcool47

Thur-Wilms- assistant Editor for thur,sfexpat2000

Fri- Roj-me

Sat- livvy-assistant Editor for Sat, sfexpat2000

Sun- Melissa G

So that leaves: Wen, Fri, Sun.

[EFerrari]

40. And kick

:kick:

[MelissaB]

42. Okay, I'm confused.

I've been doing Sunday.

Melissa, are you volunteering to take over the thread Sunday or to be the assistant?

[FogerRox]

43. youre not confused- I ah, ah, ah um, um, made a typo

mon-Autorank- assistant Editor for mon, cat_girl25

tues-Autorank- assistant Editor for tuesday, BlooInBloo.

Wen- stillcool47

Thur-Wilms- assistant Editor for thur,sfexpat2000

Fri- Roj-me

Sat- livvy-assistant Editor for Sat, sfexpat2000

Sun- Melissa B

So that leaves: Wen, Fri, Sun.
---------------------

Um, My mistake.

[FogerRox]

44. 3 more people to meet our minimum.

Um, Ahm, ok, Who wants to be the roving reporter?

[FogerRox]

46. OK, how about back room flunky?

[EFerrari]

48. Everybody wants to be Ted Baxter

[FogerRox]

49. yeah thats it, you can be Ted Baxter

[EFerrari]

47. kick

[BlooInBloo]

50. gotta admit - I'm stunned....

... it's so hard to get fewer than 10, out of what, 100,000? people to help out with a lil research....

And here I hurried my ass off to answer this morning because I thought there'd be a jillion requests to help out...

A microcosmic explanation of why we have trouble winning elections? You be the judge.

[EFerrari]

53. Well, maybe everyone is out dancing their remotes off.

Or, saving some other part of the planet.

We can wait.

:)

[BlooInBloo]

54. Fair 'nuff....

... I was just too damn lazy to go out tonite... lol

[redphish]

51. I'd like to help

I'm new here but i'm from fla so i've got more than a passing interest in this area so lemme know.

[EFerrari]

52. Thank you and welcome to DU.

:hi:

[EFerrari]

63. redphish -- would you like to work Friday or Sunday?

:hi:

[EFerrari]

55. We still need 2 more good men

or women.

[kpete]

59. How about a good woman?

Finding and posting new stories - yeah I can do that...

[EFerrari]

60. Excellent! Thank you! Foger is keeper of the schedule but

I think the open days are Weds, Fri and Sun.

:)

[kpete]

61. Wednesday is best for me

What do I do next - Besides frantically posting about Election Reform, Fraud, & Related News?

[EFerrari]

62. Hook up with stillcool47 -- Ed of Wed.

And thanks again. :)

[EFerrari]

56. "Out of three billion people, why must it be me?"

:kick:

[EFerrari]

57. "How can I miss you if you won't go away?"

[EFerrari]

58. "Please do me a favor and listen to my plea."

[kpete]

64. Sexpat says -

Hook up with stillcool47 -- Ed of Wed.

Whats next?

[Melissa G]

65. Still need asst editors for Fridays and Sundays....

Come on in Folks, The Water is Fine! Mentors available! Come get your feet wet!

[Catherine Vincent]

66. Kick!

[FogerRox]

67. I couldnt get back until monday---

mon-Autorank- assistant Editor for mon, cat_girl25

tues-Autorank- assistant Editor for tuesday, BlooInBloo.

Wen- stillcool47- assistant Editor for wednesday, kpete

Thur-Wilms- assistant Editor for thur,sfexpat2000

Fri- Roj-me

Sat- livvy-assistant Editor for Sat, sfexpat2000

Sun- Melissa B

And a maybe from redphish . . . . . . . . . .

Thanks to all for the help whilst I was gone.

[FogerRox]

68. link to new thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=652657&mesg_id=652657