FAQ
What was your motivation?
In October 2006, The United State Civil Rights Commission released a report on Voter Fraud and Intimidation. Among their findings were distinctly partisan views on the situation in America. However The Commission did acknowledge one universal flaw:
Concerns relating to the training of poll workers, and the difficulty in obtaining poll workers with both the time and the technological savvy to serve, and providing adequate training to those poll workers.
The Commission found:
- Real and perceived flaws in the election system have resulted in concern and mistrust in the voting process in the United States
- Both voter fraud and voter intimidation disenfranchise voters and weaken our political system
- Achieving an accurate voter roll is a key step in assuring accurate elections with full participation
- Expanded absentee voting, same-day registration, voting exclusively by mail, and the fact that large numbers of Americans relocate each year all pose difficulties in verifying voter identity.
The past several election cycles that have been plagued by accusations of voter fraud and even outright intimidation as caught on film in Pennsylvania.
Installation Instructions – iPhone Users
From iPhone devices go to the iTunes App store and search for Voter
Fraud Mobile. You can also input: iTunes store URL directly into your
address bar .
Installation Instructions – Android Users
From Android devices go to the Android marketplace and search for
Voter Fraud Mobile.
Installation Instructions – Blackberry Users
From Storm devices type: into your address bar, or
e-mail yourself the address and you can click on the hyperlink from
the e-mail.
From non Storm devices type: into your address bar, or
e-mail yourself the address and you can click on the hyperlink from
the e-mail.
How much does this cost?
The app is free for anyone to download.
What are the report type descriptions?
- Campaigning near a poll
- Tampering with voter machines
- Voter intimidation
- Vote buying
- Illegal electioneering
- Provisional voting problems
- Poll watchers/worker issues
- Police interference
- Abnormally long lines
- Obstructing a poll worker
- Unlawfully assisting a voter
- Providing false information on a ballot application
Where are these reports going to?
We forward them to the respective secretary of states and election officials at the local level.
Can issues be reported without the mobile apps?
Users can report issues at VoterFraudApp.com or on any mobile app powered by VoterFraudApp.com and we will forward it on to the responsible agency.
How can I check the status of my report?
When the issue is updated in their system you can see the update right away on the MyReports Tab on your mobile phone.
Is there a public page where users can login and view all issues reported to a certain location
You can see all the reports that have been filed with a map view on VoterFraudApp.com. Also, widgets you can put on your websites and social media pages can be provided to those who contact American Majority Action.
Can I enter a service request/report without taking a picture?
Currently the mobile app requires a picture, however you can report issues from VoterFraudApp.com without one. Future versions of the mobile apps will allow for report without photo for things. We’re suggesting that folks are currently using the ‘other’ report type to work around this for the time being.
Can reports be posted to Facebook, Twitter & other social media sites?
Yes!
Does VoterFraudApp.com have blog plug ins? (Word Press, Type Pad, Blogger, etc)?
VoterFraudApp.com has a universal widget that can be used on just about any website including but not limited to WordPress, Type Pad, Blogger, Facebook, Myspace, and more! Please contact American Majority Action for more information.
I want to integrate your data into our site. How do I do it?
If you need an API key, we’re happy to provide you one, but we also have widgets that may be easier to implement into your site, and we have RSS feeds.
What Platforms and Operating Systems do you support?
Apple iPhone OS 3 and OS 4
Android 1.x – 2.x + (We support HTC Sense UI. Note that some hardware & OS combinations have minor issues, but we are operational on most major handsets)
Blackberry OS 5+ (although OS4 depends on carrier and hardware combinations not all are supported fully)
How does the GPS work?
We automatically pull the GPS coordinates from the mobile phone when users start up the app. We also grab the GPS location when users take the photo of your issue. We do not track your phone nor do we give away your location information. We cannot track phones, all reporting from phones is done anonymously at this point. We only get the GPS coordinates after they have voluntarily sent us an issue report.
What happens if I’m out of cell range, does the app still work?
Right now we require cell coverage for the system to operate. we are going to be adding the ability to store reports in a future release.
What is your data policy?
You may display the title of each RSS entry, as long as you link it directly to the appropriate page for that entry on VoterFraudApp.com.
You may not embed the actual content of each RSS entry—that is, everything other than the headline of the RSS entry.
You may not scrape our data wholesale and redisplay it on a third-party Web site.
In closing…
VoterFraudApp.com looking into ways to support data syndication in a more formal fashion, so stay tuned. If you have any specific ideas, let us know by e-mailing 2010Deployment@Gmail.com.
