The Baltimore Sun has a good autopsy today on the train wreck which was the Maryland primary of Tuesday last. From the headline—“ELECTION JUDGES NEEDED”—and repeated over and over again in the story is the refrain that should tell you what you can, and should, do now:

Call your county clerk’s office and ask how you can become an election judge. If that office isn’t in charge of the process-it is most places I know of—they can tell you who to call instead.

This is late in the game to be joining the team but this year is unique because of HAVA and the electronic voting machines. No you do not need to know UNIX to take part. You do not need to be any kind of uber-geeky-nerd with mad hacker skillz. You need just as much computer knowledge as you have already proven you have by reading this fucking blog.  Read more