WHAT
TO DO RIGHT NOW for ELECTION PROTECTION
By Margaret Brownlie
Lots
of people are concerned about election security. Few are clear about what the
problems actually are, beyond “foreign
interference.” Fewer still are aware that there are actions people can take —
even from home — that will increase election security. We’re
working to change that.
Emily
Levy, founder of ScrutineersCommunity.org
Scrutineers
is a movement founded by Emily Levy seeking all who are willing to learn NOW to
BE TRAINED in securing our elections from your home!
Scrutineers
Community Mission Statement includes:
- Helping Black and other under-represented voters register and VOTE
- Start learning (no, it is NOT TOO LATE) about what is happening in the management of your local elections.
- Help grow the Scrutineers movement
- Make sure you are registered to vote and then VOTE! Encouraging Vote by Mail is an important component in this election and Illinois legislation has truly supported this idea.
- (I am personally fond of this part of the mission statement and am inviting anyone interested in upcoming online trainings and thus become part of an election security “pod” that I am forming in this county, please let me know.)
- Build a pod, a squad, or an affinity group of people to work with to protect your local elections.
“Never doubt that
a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed,
it’s the only thing that ever has.”
Anthropologist Margaret Mead's famous quote is important to our work! While
we're building a national "Fairness Force," the work will happen in
small groups all over the country. You'll want a few people local to your
voting jurisdiction who you can work with closely. (In most cases that's your
county. In a few states, it could be your city or township.) A diverse group of
three to ten people is ideal. Call it a pod, call it a squad, call it an
affinity group. Remember, in most cases people don't have to be able to vote to
do this work. There may be passionate high school students, people
disenfranchised because of past convictions, or non-citizens who'd love to be
involved and could be great assets to your pod.
Let me know
if you can join me in working and training as part of this Scrutineers Community!
We know
that many other groups have been deeply involved for many years in alignment
with this movement….League of Women Voters, ACLU, Audit USA, BlackBoxVoting,
Fair Vote, Protect Our Votes, Secure Elections Network and many, many more. The
reason this movement is appealing to me right now is the ACTIVE training being
offered NOW!
In this
vein…….Next Thursday July 16 at 7 PM, League of Women Voters is Zooming with
Jean Kaczmarek to update our county on the upcoming election. Please register
online! We can become part of the solution instead of complaining about the
problem.
Without
argument, we have our work cut out.
Let’s ROLL.
Margaret
Brownlie PC #15
Text me at 630 712 1743 for more info.
Text me at 630 712 1743 for more info.
