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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Thu Oct 20, 2016, 02:19 PM Oct 2016

RNC Warns Against Poll Watching, Citing Decades-Old Court Decree [View all]

Source: Talking Points Memo

By TIERNEY SNEED Published OCTOBER 20, 2016, 12:09 PM EDT

Fearful that a decades-old court order blocking the Republican Party from engaging in certain Election Day activities could be extended for many more years, the RNC is warning its members not to engage in poll watching or any other so-called "ballot security" measures.

The RNC's concerns are heightened because of the vigilante poll watching GOP nominee Donald Trump has been calling for from the stump.

A lawyer for the Republican National Committee sent a letter on the issue Wednesday to RNC members, the Wall Street Journal reported. The letter cites a 1982 consent decree the RNC agreed to after Democrats sued it for activities at polling places that they said were aimed at suppressing the minority vote.

The letter, sent to members from RNC general counsel John Ryder, said that he wanted “remind you of the restrictions placed on the RNC by the consent decree,” according to the Wall Street Journal.

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Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/rnc-warns-against-poll-watching-citing-decades-old-court-agreement

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RNC Warns Against Poll Watching, Citing Decades-Old Court Decree [View all] DonViejo Oct 2016 OP

Too LATE bucolic_frolic Oct 2016 #1

Awesome! I was unaware of this past legal decree AmericanActivist Oct 2016 #2

Bookmarking! Listening to Ben Ginsberg carefully explaining this last night was a thing of beauty... Hekate Oct 2016 #3

And I bet that was what alerted the RNC counsel to the dangers in this are csziggy Oct 2016 #16

So the RNC cited a case that proves they suppress voting underpants Oct 2016 #4

Appears to be the case Sherman A1 Oct 2016 #11

Trump is a living amalgam of every AM hate radio bloviator, of every Faux News talking head Roland99 Oct 2016 #5

Evil Know Thyself... IthinkThereforeIAM Oct 2016 #6

That's quite the candidate you got there, GOP world wide wally Oct 2016 #7

K & R & bookmarked! SunSeeker Oct 2016 #8

This is all really very odd to me... Chakaconcarne Oct 2016 #9

Probably because.... forkol Oct 2016 #12

So all they care about is that it could montana_hazeleyes Oct 2016 #14

Because Trump is blatant about it and Ginsberg raised a flag last night csziggy Oct 2016 #17

The Republican party is a racketeering influenced corrupt organization, and should be prosecuted to NBachers Oct 2016 #10

Agree mountain grammy Oct 2016 #13

Not the least of which is gerrymandering. Need permanent independent districting commissions. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2016 #19

There've been big welcome changes here in California since the independent commission redrew NBachers Oct 2016 #21

I hope no one is surprised TNNurse Oct 2016 #18

I have personally seen GOPer poll watchers in action. Not good... Eleanors38 Oct 2016 #20

kick pat_k Oct 2016 #22

Don, this move from the RNC lawyer is exactly the same as Stone's efforts Mc Mike Oct 2016 #26

After they burned their own campaign office anything is possible. Ford_Prefect Oct 2016 #27

Kicking for visibility nm AmericanActivist Oct 2016 #28

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