Albany Citizen One: First EVER Twitter Poll Watching
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Reposted from Albany Citizen One:
Sure, we all know about the legendary poll watching horror stories in Albany. I got tired of all the whining about it. With new technology out there at everyone’s fingertips….let’s do something about it. I’ve done a little bit of research and I don’t think this has been done any place in the country….a twitter poll watching conference. Now all you folks sitting on polling places won’t be alone, you’ll have “real time” red flags waving at your fellow poll watchers and all the boards of elections. (Yup, I’m formally notifying them of my experiment.)
Here’s how it works. Anyone that is a poll watcher and a twit (I prefer that term to twitterer!) can text messages that will be picked up by interested Albanians, the County Board of Elections, the NYS Board of Elections and, yes, even the people causing the troubles.
If you have a Twitter account, first thing’s first…click here to become a follower of ACO. If you haven’t got an account, click here and sign up for an account (it’s free!!). Then, go to “find people” (or follow your nose if you’re a techie). In the empty field, type “albanycitizen1” and then, select “follow.”
Of course, even though I’m sure you want to follow ACO…you may just be in it for the primary…so, if that’s all you want to follow, log in…go to the search option and type in #albanyprimary. When I start posting from Parks and Rec over on Hoffman…you’ll start picking up tweets.
Now, if you want to tweet from your phone or if you want to pick up the tweets from your phone, you must enable your mobile device. Click here for instructions. You may elect to follow me from your phone by typing in “follow albanycitizen1″.
If you want to be a Twitquo pro by Tuesday, read up on it and then you can help me. I’ll give the Chief private lessons if he would like.
If you just want to tweet…here are the instructions.
Now let’s say, you just want to hang out on your computer (BJ!) and watch my frustrations online…well, you can go straight to Twitter, go to the search bar, type in #albanyprimary and there ya have it. I can’t promise anything, but I hope I’m someplace where I can be tweeting the results of the primary as well as my frustrations. We shall see…and, if I’m not able, I’m sure someone out there will pick up the slack.
Watch out my election bullies…I carry a big stick!