Texas tried to improve with this 2003 computer redistricting requirement but apparently it was not entirely successful
http://www.constitution.org/reform/us/tx/redistrict/redist_draft00.htm

How to eliminate gerrymandering

gerrymandering…what happened in Texas & on it’s way to Ohio

People need to pay attention to this.

From the DDN:

The number of precincts would shrink to 360 from 548. Harsman said the average number of voters in a precinct will rise to 1,000 from the current 700. State law limits the number to 1,400.

via Montgomery County to shrink voting precincts from 360 to 220.

Of course- their headline and story don’t agree on numbers (basic math ed- FAIL). No mention of what will happen to priority boards- or dry precincts.

You should be good to go now.

Yet, stepping way from the coercion factor,there are many other points of discussion against voting by mail. 

With election integrity issues the main stream media hardly touches the topic & when it does, it is rare that you see info beyond what a BOE director or an SOS has released on a topic.  There is so much detailed info to look into & follow, that it really requires a huge chunk of time & effort, that most lose interest.

feel free to email me personally & I will forward you a list of  links with documented articles
jenbethalex1@aol.com
(spam filter won’t allow me to add the links)
 
 

Yet, stepping way from the coercion factor,there are many other points of discussion against voting by mail. 

With election integrity issues the main stream media hardly touches the topic & when it does, it is rare that you see info beyond what a BOE director or an SOS has released on a topic.  There is so much detailed info to look into & follow, that it really requires a huge chunk of time & effort, that most lose interest.

feel free to email me personally & I will forward you a list of  links with documented articles
jenbethalex1@aol.com
with the issue above of mail in voting & chain of command, below are a few links
http://novbm.wordpress.com/about/
 http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6650
 http://www.bbvforums.org/forums/messages/1954/44808.html
 http://www.bbvforums.org/forums/messages/2197/73175.html?1205534370 
(watch the butch & hoppy chain of command videos)

The OEJC is a coalition of concerned citizens and election experts from Ohio and around the nation, including election reformers currently serving on the Ohio Secretary of State’s Voting Rights Institute.
The OEJC seeks to raise citizen awareness of election justice issues through education and to encourage elected officials to restore the rule of law to Ohio.

Lack of Transparency – Ballots are mailed in secret and counted in secret on secret software. Ballots are counted at a central location that makes fraud on a large scale easier to accomplish and harder to detect. Privacy Rights Clearinghouse data shows that approximately a third of computer security breaches are done by insiders either intentionally or accidentally.

Lack of Security – Ballots in hundreds of thousands of locations with no security for two to three weeks. The chain of custody lacks security as the ballots are handled by many anonymous persons throughout the process. Any unmarked contest on a ballot can be marked by someone other than the voter when the ballots are opened for counting.

Voter Intimidation – Voting can be done as a group at churches or union halls with people looking over the voter’s shoulder to make sure they vote “the right way.”

Election Fraud – There is no way to be certain that the person who signed the envelope is the person to whom the ballot was sent. Ballots can be stolen from mail boxes while the voter is at work or away from home on an errand. Other tactics include vote harvesting by persons who show up at your door to “help” you vote. The elderly and those with disabilities are particularly vulnerable.

Potential for Ballot Mishandling – Post office or contract mailing company illegally forwards ballots, more than one ballot sent to voters, postal workers putting ballots in the trash. (All of these thing have happened in Colorado, 1100 ballots illegally forwarded in Douglas County, 214 voters received two ballots in Boulder County, ballots found in dumpsters at post office in El Paso County.)

Lack of Secret Ballot – When election judges check in your ballot, they can see how you voted when they match the inventory number on your ballot to the inventory number next to your name on the voter rolls. The Colorado Constitution guarantees your right to a secret ballot. [ed note: as do most other state Constitutions and elections code.]

Additional Resources:
“Why Mail Ballots Are a Bad Idea” by Charles E. Corry, Ph.D

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6003 

@ Jeff…your very lucky, if your voting precinct is still in a location, that only has 1 precinct. When I started as a poll judge, when I turned 18, almost 20 yrs ago, in Montgomery County, that location had 4 precincts in the same location…it has always been very common for multiple precincts in the last 20 yrs. I stopped working as a poll judge after my first election experience w/ the DRE’s & started working as an official observer. I’ve observed in locations that have had as many as 10 precincts in the same room…you could write a novel after observing a presidential election in a room with that many precincts. 1 brief example, if a voter doesn’t know their precinct # like 1A-2B, & the get in the wrong line, since there are 10 lines, they wait 45 minutes to get to the judge table, tell them their name & their name isn’t on the that particular voter log list…they either get turned away & not sure where to go next, or are told to vote a provisional ballot (that won’t count), get frustrated & just give up & leave, or hopefully finally wait in the right line or the line w/ a judge that actually knows what they are doing & cares & looks up the voters street & tells them where they should be in line …..

I firmly feel the safest way to have your vote counted in our neck of Ohio, is to go to the polls on election day (not early at the BOE) & request to vote paper ballot & then just pray the scanner reads it properly….I never the first time EVER had a complaint with our old paper punch ballots, never saw a problem w/them…until Florida & Gore 2000…but Dan Rather exposed that problem was w/ the shotty grade of paper

Plus- it takes the intimidation factor out- vote at your leisure- without having someone shoving dummy voter cards at you outside the polls.

As far as police having “chain of command” with the ballots….lol. If I witnessed as DRE flipping votes, as I have many times, I should be able to call the police and have them put yellow crime scene tape on the machine & haul it away so no one else votes on it, nor tampers with it….yet if I called the police, I’d probably get arrested for opening my mouth & suggesting that the law be followed.

There are youtube clips from election activist from all over the country with them following cases of ballots that have left voting precincts in delivery trucks (sealed) and then wild car chases that are like something out of crazy movie….it seems like anything goes.

With splitting the day for election polling judges, great idea that has been talked about for years. Also talk of extending the polling hours until the close of polls on the west coast, which would make the day that much longer. Either way, the BOE’s struggle to get people to sign up. Kid’s Voting has done a great job with getting students out to help with some of the duties, yet I feel this should be expanded on. These kids do a super great job & should be given more responsibility than what they have so far. We need to be weeding some of the poll workers out….for example when I voted this time & asked for a paper ballot, as I always do, the senior gentleman said “why would you want one of those” very nasty tone & I said “well it’s not your job to ask why, only to help me do so”, he then replied “must be because your a damn woman”……..

Hearing that the Montgomery County BOE is planning on cutting back on precincts & polling locations, is VERY disturbing to me. Yes, it will save the county $ to go to SUPER SIZED polling locations, yet will cost the voters their rights. These over sized polling locations bring nothing but problems.  The more voters in one location equals more stressed out, under trained, over worked, under paid poll workers.  The majority of these poll workers are seniors, who in my experience, have the best of intentions & dedication to such an important civic service….yet, have over the last several years gone through so many changes in procedures & equipment….that they are becoming lost in the mix.  When I look back at my years of Election Protection observing, the larger super sized polling locations, always have had the most document problems.  These problems span from paper jams in the DRE to judges being too overwhelmed to actually take the time to look up voters correct polling table (which might be in the same room) & making them vote provisional instead. This goes on….

The county would save more $ by joining SOS Brunners law suit & getting a refund on the DREs & going back to the good days of paper ballots & voting in your neighbors garage. You’re lucky you can walk to vote David….Greene County already has many super sized polling locations…..I drive round trip 10 miles to vote in Sugarcreek….yet, I live within walking distance of Bellbrook H.S.