Tell Patch If You See Shenanigans At The Polls

When voters head to the polls Nov. 6, Patch will be there with you bringing all the latest information and results on your local, statewide and federal elections. Patch also wants to know about your experience voting in the 2018 midterms — and whether you faced any problems at your local polling place.

You'll remember during the 2016 presidential election, in partnership with ProPublica, Patch worked to bring you information about what was happening at the polls. We reported on broken scanners and long lines at the polls in Brooklyn, the extension of voting hours in Durham County, North Carolina due to technical issues, voting improprieties in Texas, an election day shooting in Azusa, California and much more.

In partnership with ProPublica's Electionland project, Patch will once again be reporting on election day problems at the polls. The Electionland project involves local journalists from publications across the country working to do document and verify what our readers tell us about their election day experience.

To report what you see to the Electionland database, you can:

• SMS: Send the word VOTE, VOTA (for Spanish) or 投票 (for Chinese) to 81380 (standard text message rates apply).
• WhatsApp: Send the word VOTE, VOTA (for Spanish) or 投票 (for Chinese) to 1-850-909-8683.
• Facebook Messenger: Go to m.me/electionland.
• Submit a tip through this form.

In 2016, the Electionland coalition went through thousand of tips from a legal call center hotline, as well as thousands of text messages and social media posts. Local journalists around the country reported 400 stories and helped bring attention to voting problems that were fixed before polls closed.

You can read more about the Electionland project here.

Lead graphic via ProPublica