Download BlackBoxVoting's Citizen Tool Kits

Note: The 2006 edition, called "Take Back Your Elections," is a year-round guide to election integrity activism.

There is also a 2008 edition of the BBV Citizens' Toolkit that details 5 specific monitoring actions on election day.

Both editions should be downloaded, studied, and applied to the particular purposes each serves.

Citizens are concerned. They want to know what they can do. Here's your chance to get started on meaningful elections reform action that will make a real difference in November.

The above link contains all 20 stand-alone modules in one consolidated document
(make sure you have Adobe Acrobat installed to read the pdf files. You can download it for free.

SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTIONS TO TAKE BACK YOUR ELECTIONS:
1. Pick any module.
2. Choose any action within the module.
3. Then just follow through on it.
4. Every action in the Tool Kit starts another pebble rolling down the hill.

NEW MODULE IS UP: Pertains to fundraising for local elections reform people:
ACTIONS FOR HIGH NET WORTH INDIVIDUALS

NEW MODULE IS UP: About ACTIVATING CELEBRITIES in the election oversight issue:

Candidates in three states have already notified us that they are already making use of the module to help CANDIDATES protect their own elections (The toolkit just went up a few days ago!):

It's time for you to recognize your own power. You don't need us. You don't have to find someone to follow. When you use these tools things will happen. Pick any module. Pick a single action in it. See it to its completion. You've just opened the door to an unexpected evolution of citizenship, the likes of which have not been seen for a long, long time.

"Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed." – Declaration of Independence

You may notice that the order of the Citizen's Tool Kit modules has changed. Select actions from any of the following, depending on your interests and skill sets:

MOBILIZATION MODULES
Module 1: Have a House Party
Module 2: Organize a Town Meeting
Module 3: Give a Speech to a Group

CREATIVE & SPECIALTY MODULES
Module 4: Be the Media
Module 5: Adopt a Public Official
Module 6: Check Out the Money Trail: Who's Getting Paid?
Module 7: Find Out If Officials Following the Rules

HARD CORE EVIDENCE MODULES
Module 8: Get Public Records and Freedom of Information Documents
Module 9: Adopt Part of an Election: Watch the System Testing
Module 10: Adopt Part of an Election: Watch Voter Registration Lists
Module 11: Adopt Part of an Election: Become a Poll Worker or Elections Judge
Module 12: Adopt Part of an Election: Monitor the Voting
Module 13: Adopt Part of an Election: Monitor the Counting
Module 14: Adopt Part of an Election: Watch the Chain of Custody
Module 15: Adopt Part of an Election: Audit for Accuracy
Module 16: Legal Actions

'PLAN B' MODULE
Module 17: Count the Votes Yourself

MODULES FOR CANDIDATES, CELEBRITIES, AND WEALTHY CITIZENS
Module 18: Candidates: How to Protect Your Election
Module 19: For Famous Voices (Action ideas for Celebrities)
Module 20: Actions for High Net Worth Individuals

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