text:  is whether you're voting for a republican a democrat or a third party candidate when you go cast a ballot in the united states of america you should have full confidence that your vote matters and that your vote counts and that is why we have put together this program it's a hundred thousand volunteers that michael whatley the chairman and i have pledged we want to make sure that we have trained poll watchers but also trained poll workers and this is very important for people to understand for 40 years