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A well-known advocacy organization ran a site that would tell
you where to vote. That is, if you typed in your address, it
gave your the polling location. However, it was quite
inaccurate for my county. Various people told them so (using
the provided web form), at least as early as Oct 29, and told
them how to contact the official county site for the correct
data.
There was even an article in the local newspaper on Oct 31
warning people away from this site. However, the organization
never corrected its false data.
Could they be sued if someone used their site, and went to the
wrong place too late to then go to the correct one, and so
couldn't vote? The basis would be that they continued to post
data that they'd been warned was wrong, and that they'd been
told how to check. In, e.g., a copyright violation case, that
would be bad.
BTW, I live in a politically interesting county. In an
earlier election this year, the Board of Elections gave
certain voting advice that was later ruled illegal by a court.
People who followed the Board's instructions had their votes
disregarded. That changed the winner of one county
legislature seat.
(Specifically: The election had been ordered to be postponed
by the court in order to de-gerrymander the districts. People
who had applied for absentee ballots for the original date
were automatically mailed ballots for the new date. The Board
of Elections told those people that they could either use the
absentee ballots or vote in person. After the election, the
Court ruled that using an absentee ballot was forbidden unless
you were absent.)
Thanks.
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