Twitter (not just a fad) to help monitor the vote...please forward

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Richard Pauli <rpauli () speakeasy net>
Date: November 1, 2008 3:55:49 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Twitter (not just a fad) to help monitor the vote...please  
forward

For IP if you wish:

I now have respect for the techno-fad Twitter - it has found a  
worthwhile task.   It may be a vital tool used to protect our democracy.

    [ This summarizes an NPR report: -  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96349881 
 ]

Twitter technology will be showing how the vote is going by displaying  
a map of thousands of reports from polls all across the nation.   http://twittervotereport.com/

Twitter is just a system of sending and catching short text messages  
and displaying them - [this is the cute fad part].  The cool smart  
usage here is for Vote Reports  - and so ANYONE can report voting  
situations and then ANYONE can  read these reports and see the  
location. Anyone with a cell phone or iphone or any way to send a Text  
Message can be a citizen reporter.   http://twittervotereport.com/how-to-help/#twitter

What a great, vital, important,  killer application.

When you vote and need to report a problem like - long lines, few  
machines, broken machines, electronic errors - this is a way to  
quickly report (in seconds) to let everyone see what the problem is  
and where - nationwide.
Instructions for reporting in   http://twittervotereport.com/how-to-help/#twitter
   -- basically you use your iphone or cell phone to send a text  
message - enter #votereport
        -- then type a short report it gets compiled and presented.

So one could check for the latest report in how long the lines are -  
or check the US map and see where the cluster of problems are  
happening.  To View results of twitter reports: http://www.npr.org/news/specials/votereport/map.html 
  Map of reports.

Twitter explained in a simple video  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddO9idmax0o 
 - this is the fad version of Twitter.   See the video and imagine  
everyone is committed to watching over the vote.

This describes it all
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96349881

Here's how to send a report:

Text: Send a text message to 66937. Begin the message with the phrase  
#votereport, include your ZIP code and a very brief description of the  
problem.

Twitter: Send a tweet with the phrase #votereport making sure to  
include your zip code and a description of the problem.

iPhone and Google phone: Download the iPhone app from the education  
section of the iPhone app store. For the Google phone, go to the  
Android Market and search for "votereport."

Here's how to see what is happening:

http://twittervotereport.com/   [ click  "view the #votereport map" ]

or you can go to the NPR site of   http://www.npr.org/news/specials/votereport/map.html

Forward this message and VOTE !




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