tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4924392915564296358.post1495993420360932280..comments2023-08-21T02:29:21.326-05:00Comments on St. Louis Activist Hub: Is Voter Caging Possible In St. Louis?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4924392915564296358.post-48231986683341145752010-09-21T21:40:01.109-05:002010-09-21T21:40:01.109-05:00Dems need their own poll workers and challengers. ...Dems need their own poll workers and challengers. Election judges need to be educated. The long range answer is voter education, not just around election time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4924392915564296358.post-18629982825482763632010-09-21T15:24:46.354-05:002010-09-21T15:24:46.354-05:00I'm certainly not an attorney, but it would se...I'm certainly not an attorney, but it would seem to me that the Democratic campaigns should have their attorneys checking to see if Mr. Ed and his Count Every Vote units can be at any poll without an equal number of Democratic attorneys, counters, and watchers. This all smacks of real voter intimidation and I wouldn't be surprised if his "units" show up in brown shirts.BunnieGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4924392915564296358.post-21822766801769985212010-09-21T14:29:03.455-05:002010-09-21T14:29:03.455-05:00Well if enough people on the Democratic side could...Well if enough people on the Democratic side could be poll watchers then maybe they can observe for abnormalities: such as a challenge from another pollwatcher against a series of known Democratic voters and then this could be reported to the head of the election judges at that precinct for possible removal of the offending pollwatcher.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4924392915564296358.post-6587944055738190652010-09-21T11:40:38.393-05:002010-09-21T11:40:38.393-05:00DEMOS and Common Cause have just released a report...DEMOS and Common Cause have just released a report documenting voting practices, good and bad, in 10 swing states in the Nov 2010 election. Missouri is one of them. With regard to "caging" and deceptive campaigns, the report says that •" Missouri is the only state that has a law very directly addressing deceptive practices. The law<br />prohibits knowingly providing false information about election procedures for the purpose of<br />preventing any person from going to the polls."<br /><br />That's a bit of good news, but, of course, not enough. [I have a posting on this report that will go live tomorrow [Weds.] on occasional planet.org.gloria shur bilchikhttp://www.occasionalplanet.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4924392915564296358.post-51734521482408415952010-09-21T11:07:51.449-05:002010-09-21T11:07:51.449-05:00Absolutely, it is possible. I know of at least one...Absolutely, it is possible. I know of at least one law firm in town, however, which sent attorneys to watch for precisely this type of behavior and put the kibosh on it...to ensure poll workers were allowing provisional ballots, that nobody was trying to require ID, that laws regarding electioneering were followed, etc. They definitely encountered issues, especially with provisional balloting. As attorneys, their ethics bound them...and they were well-versed in election law.<br /><br />Since Mr. Martin is all "open book" now, I would like to know the identities of his poll watchers and their qualifications. Other than 'Tea Party Goon,' I mean.Michellehttp://theboneblog.comnoreply@blogger.com