NY Times Wants Your Polling Place Pics - Via Threat Level:

The New York Times is partnering with the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) in a project to collect photos of election polls around the country. The AIGA launched the project with Design Observer last year during the mid-term elections, based on an idea that was developed in part by Design Observer and Jay Rosen of the open-source journalism project NewAssignment.net. The project has moved to the NY Times for the presidential election.

You can view the small collection of photos that have already come in, like the one shown at right from the primary in Iowa, here. Photographers are urged to submit a bit of information with their photo describing their election-day experience, such as the type of voting machine used at their polling place and the amount of time they waited to vote. For the image at right the photographer noted that he/she waited "more than 60 minutes" to cast a ballot but nonetheless found the quality of service at the poll "excellent."

One caveat: not every state or precinct allows cameras inside polls so those who want to participate in the project are advised to follow their local and state laws and guidelines on this matter.

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