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Be aware that it is illegal, see below.
Get pics/video of their faces, signs, and esp. their car/license plates.
Call police if you feel intimidated, make a report, notify precinct committee members.
Edited to add: Get phone numbers and/or twitter address of Dem.precinct people NOW, so you can have them ready if you need them.
And know the distance that protestors/campaigners have to stand from the polling place.
Again that is where pics/video comes in handy. Don't engage with disruptors, just record and report.
18 U.S. Code § 594. Intimidation of voters
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/594
AngryOldDem
(14,061 posts)Used to be, my early voting location was City Hall, a relatively large venue that was packed to the gills in 2016. This election, its been moved to a bandbox of a building at a nearby park. I cant think of any good reason for this other than the obvious. Limit the space, discourage the voters.
At City Hall, you could avoid running the gauntlet of campaign workers by using side doors. At the park...not so easy. I suspect there will be a lot of GOPers getting in the way, and you can bet if that happens the election officials inside will be hearing about it.
RKP5637
(67,032 posts)LisaL
(44,962 posts)Your poll worker is not going to allow you to vote if you are wearing a Trump shirt.
RKP5637
(67,032 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)It's gonna be way too easy for the other side to deny they knew of any problems unless there is a paper/video trail.
If we don't have evidence, we can't file objections.
LisaL
(44,962 posts)Prepare of more of the same.
Arkansas Granny
(31,483 posts)They would love nothing more than to paint Democratic voters as dangerous and violent.
Maeve
(42,224 posts)We are trained for this. And please no campaign clothing, hats, conversation inside the polling place (in Ohio that would be 100 feet out). Thank you
roamer65
(36,739 posts)Sneederbunk
(14,208 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)vercetti2021
(10,150 posts)Fuck em.
benld74
(9,889 posts)Outside our polling place. I politely tell them no thanks. The one push back I got was a piece of work. Informed me they had right to be there.
I told them, Youre correct. Considering I look much older than you, I would think Ive been foing this longer. NO flyer is gonna change my vote between here and the 250 feet to the ballot box. If youre getting paid per flyer, Id suggest you to move
on.
Twitter mentioned the Virginia group tRumping the early voting places are known to have received $$$ from guess who?
So my guess is they are stupid Americans who bought his scam, or true agitators.