Monitoring polling places.(Voting Matters)

During Florida's September 2002 primary, polling places teemed with watchers.

At nearly every precinct, a voter walking to the front entrance saw a volunteer in a black T-shirt emblazoned with a message in large white print: "You Have the Right to Vote." In front of churches, on sweltering asphalt school parking lots, on the curbs near government buildings, the poll watchers from "Election Protection" were ubiquitous. Inside, those representing political parties were on hand to see the process up close.

Voters who were interested were handed a list of their