The Presidential and other key races are running in dead heats. All of this has begun to register with the American public and VIP has been inundated with telephone calls on this subject in the past few days. Although VIP still advocates a year-round approach of education and voter roll cleanup, there may still be things you can do as an individual or organization to prevent election fraud in your polling place or jurisdiction. Please keep in mind that election laws, administration and voting systems differ in each jurisdiction, so check first with your local election office. The biggest contributor to election fraud is low voter turnout.
Every election sees an occasional stolen vote.
The important jobs of administering elections go begging in most jurisdictions every election cycle. These are the good citizens who volunteer to be trained and work on behalf of the Election Division in your jurisdiction. Such individuals are in the best position to keep elections clean. The most important function of such volunteers is to watch and document any activity which violates election law. Although VIP advocates thoroughly training and specially equipping such volunteers to be truly effective, often times their mere presence can be a deterrant to polling place fraud.