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Apologies for my last story link....here's details how to post a Twitter Voter Report that NPR is monitoring and plotting:

"Including “#votereport” in your tweet is enough to get your report tracked by Twitter Vote Report. But the more details you can stuff in, the better. So, for example, include in your Twitter post:


  • #[zip code] to indicate the zip code where you’re voting; ex., “#12345″
  • L:[address or city] to drill down to your exact location; ex. “L:1600 Pennsylvania Avenue DC”
  • #machine for machine problems; ex., “#machine broken, using prov. ballot”
  • #reg for registration troubles; ex., “#reg I wasn’t on the rolls”
  • #wait:[minutes] for long lines; ex., “#wait:120 and I’m coming back later”
  • #early if you’re voting before November 4th
  • #good or #bad to give a quick sense of your overall experience
  • #EP[your state] if you have a serious problem and need help from the Election Protection coalition; ex., #EPOH"


If you don't do Twitter and don't want to, there's about 5 other ways you can make a report with your mobile.


  • Send a text message to 66937 and start your message with “#votereport”
  • Download and use the iPhone app
  • Find the “votereport” app in the Google Android marketplace
  • Key in a report by calling 567-258-8683 (VOTE), 208-272-9024, or 617-960-8900



Here's the resulting map where everything is being plotted.
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I was listening to NPR's Day to Day and heard a fabulous story about people coming from various senate.gov and house.gov IP addresses and editing varying Representative and Senator's entries on Wikipedia - mostly cleaning up "bad" stuff and adding glowing spin. I'm embarassed to say the investigation was kicked off by MA Representative Marty Meehan's entry, (my Rep is John Tierney who rocks), but it's exposed an incredible amount of such editing through the Legislative branch. Apparently Wikipedia has banned the IP range but that won't stop people going through a proxy. However, I think that that people will be watching the entries more closely.

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