"Citizens' Toolkit: Take Back Your Elections" (a cure for anxiety & dread)

[greeneyedboy]

This is great: http://www.blackboxvoting.org/toolkit.pdf .

here's the table of contents, with links to separate PDFs for each section:

Citizens' Tool Kit - Take Back Your Elections

Citizen's Tool Kit Intro
http://www.blackboxvoting.org/toolkit-intro.pdf

Module 1: Have a House Party
http://www.blackboxvoting.org/toolkit-house-party.pdf
Module 2: Organize a Town Meeting
http://www.blackboxvoting.org/toolkit-town-meeting.pdf
Module 3: Give a Speech to a Group
http://www.blackboxvoting.org/toolkit-speaking.pdf

CREATIVE & SPECIALTY MODULES
Module 4: Be the Media
http://www.blackboxvoting.org/toolkit-media.pdf
Module 5: Adopt a Public Official
http://www.blackboxvoting.org/toolkit-adopt-an-official.pdf
Module 6: Check Out the Money Trail: Who's Getting Paid?
http://www.blackboxvoting.org/toolkit-money-trail.pdf
Module 7: Find Out If Officials Are Following the Rules
http://www.blackboxvoting.org/toolkit-accountability.pdf

HARD-CORE EVIDENCE MODULES
Module 8: Get Public Records and Freedom of Information Documents
http://www.blackboxvoting.org/toolkit-public-records.pdf
Module 9: Adopt Part of an Election: Watch the System Testing
http://www.blackboxvoting.org/toolkit-testing.pdf
Module 10: Adopt Part of an Election: Watch Voter Registration Lists
http://www.blackboxvoting.org/toolkit-voter-registration.pdf
Module 11: Adopt Part of an Election: Become a Poll Worker or Elections Judge

CITIZEN'S TOOL KIT TO TAKE BACK YOUR ELECTIONS
http://www.blackboxvoting.org/toolkit.pdf
© Black Box Voting Inc. 2006 9/07/06 edition
http://www.blackboxvoting.org/toolkit-pollworker.pdf
Module 12: Adopt Part of an Election: Monitor the Voting
http://www.blackboxvoting.org/toolkit-voting.pdf
Module 13: Adopt Part of an Election: Monitor the Counting
http://www.blackboxvoting.org/toolkit-counting.pdf
Module 14: Adopt Part of an Election: Watch the Chain of Custody
http://www.blackboxvoting.org/toolkit-chain-of-custody.pdf
Module 15: Adopt Part of an Election: Audit for Accuracy
http://www.blackboxvoting.org/toolkit-audit.pdf
Module 16: Legal Actions
http://www.blackboxvoting.org/toolkit-legal.pdf

'PLAN B' MODULE
Module 17: Count the Votes Yourself
http://www.blackboxvoting.org/toolkit-count-the-votes.pdf

MODULES FOR CANDIDATES, CELEBRITIES, AND WEALTHY CITIZENS
Module 18: Candidates: How to Protect Your Election
http://www.blackboxvoting.org/toolkit-candidates.pdf
Module 19: For Famous Voices (Action ideas for Celebrities)
http://www.blackboxvoting.org/toolkit-celebrities.pdf
Module 20: Actions for High Net Worth Individuals
http://www.blackboxvoting.org/toolkit-affluent.pdf

No time for fretting. Take action, and have fun doing it!

[greeneyedboy]

1. & it is useful in general for political campaigns, not just elections

esp. the media "how to write a press release part". i know a lot of people who should be reading that one.

[greeneyedboy]

2. sections 8-11 are perfect cures for election theft paranoia.

[NMDemDist2]

3. K&N and I'm posting a link in the Precinct group n/t