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Exit Polling Volunteers are Needed in Southern New Hampshire

Written by: Gay G on Oct 17, 2008 7:37 PM EDT

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Volunteers are Needed in Southern New Hampshire on Election Day for This Vital Project
You are needed to volunteer for a citizen-run independent exit polling project (EVP) in New Hampshire on Election Day.*

The data obtained will be analyzed on Election Night and serve as a measure of the legitimacy of the announced outcomes.  We need your help.  Please sign up NOW!

In the past two presidential elections, the polling company Edison-Mitofsky, that runs the official exit polls commissioned by the media consortium, has released only adjusted data that conform to the announced election outcomes and has withheld the raw data. 

Our project is essential to see if the official results – and the adjusted Edison–Mitofsy data – have likely been tampered with, and just how suspicious their numbers may be.  Our raw data, which we hope you will help us collect, as well as the analysis and the full protocol, will be made fully available to the public.

The citizen-managed polls will be run by a strict protocol and training will be provided. Shifts will probably average 4-6 hours.

1.  Volunteers are needed to hand out questionnaires and ask voters to fill them in and deposit in a locked box.

2.  Other volunteers are needed for data entry.

Can you help us with this important project to assure an honest election?  If so, Please sign up immediately at www.ElectionDefenseAlliance.org/EVP. You will receive information soon.

If you would like to take a leadership role for a Southern NH area, we can offer all the instructions, training, questionnaire, etc.  Please contact Ryan or Sally (below). 

Questions to Ryan Herlinger, ryan.herlinger@gmail.com, Project Coordinator.
 
Thank you.
Sally Castleman
National Chairperson, Election Defense Alliance
 
* The EVP protocol was developed by Election Integrity's Steven Freeman (UPenn), Election Defense Alliance's Dr. Jonathan Simon, and Ken Warren of The Warren Poll.  Both the methodology and the logistics have been beta tested.

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By Thomas Janowski on Oct 18, 2008 6:24 PM EDT

I put very little faith in exit polls. 

It certainly doesn't matter what the polls say now and it doesn't matter what exit polls indicate on election day.  All that matters is how people vote in the privacy of the voting booth. 

Just this week alone, I was polled twice via the phone and each time I lied and said I was voting for McCain because "there's no way I want a black man as President."  Both times the person asking the question loved my response. 

I'm doing this to have fun...much like in all the Harris polls or Zogby polls I always say I shop at Walmart at least once a week, watch NASCAR every Sunday and that I'm a member of the NRA.  I love to confuse people.  Sometimes telling the truth just isn't any fun. 

So, I definitely don't trust exit polls.

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