http://blog.heritage.org/2008/09/09/a-lot-of-underbrush-and-14-thousand-people-with-matches/ Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:27:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://blog.heritage.org/2008/09/09/a-lot-of-underbrush-and-14-thousand-people-with-matches/#comment-5152 Keith Breedlove, Oua Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:43:50 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2008/09/09/a-lot-of-underbrush-and-14-thousand-people-with-matches/#comment-5152 I was an Officer of Elections (Chief) in Loudoun County, Va before relocating to Africa. I served in every election (local, State and Federal) from 2002 through early-2007. Monitors are not the answer. There are too few monitors (and possibly too divisive) and for a big election, there are too many voters for them to keep an accurate track, I don't care what party they are. If you really, really want to help, become an Officer of Elections. OK, the pay is miniscule and the responsibility is great, but it can be very satisfying. And you can (and must) act in an unpartisan manner and still be aware (perhaps even more aware) of irregularities. Plus, you really begin to understand what it takes to actually run an election. I was an Officer of Elections (Chief) in Loudoun County, Va before relocating to Africa. I served in every election (local, State and Federal) from 2002 through early-2007. Monitors are not the answer. There are too few monitors (and possibly too divisive) and for a big election, there are too many voters for them to keep an accurate track, I don't care what party they are. If you really, really want to help, become an Officer of Elections. OK, the pay is miniscule and the responsibility is great, but it can be very satisfying. And you can (and must) act in an unpartisan manner and still be aware (perhaps even more aware) of irregularities. Plus, you really begin to understand what it takes to actually run an election.

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