What was to prevent those of us who watched it from texting?
nothing. And also nothing that would help text challenged people like me know how to do it. I'll bet more people at the rally were not counted because they didn't know how to text than people at home counted themselves there by texting from their living rooms. Just a guess . . .
Let's open it to the floor -- would the receiver get information as to which cell phone tower the text message came from?
I was there and when he asked us to text he didn’t say it was a way to count us, he said it was a way we can all keep in touch. I looked around and as far as I could see, I was the only one I could see in my range who actually took out their phone.