Posted on 03/04/2016 10:55:44 AM PST by COUNTrecount
The New York Post reports that an online petition, launched by supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), to have Bill Clinton arrested for violating Massachusetts election laws has gathered almost 100,000 signatures.
Clinton seems guilty of the offenses in question. As the Post notes, there is ample eyewitness testimony, plus video and photographic evidence, of the former President campaigning for his wife within 150 feet of multiple polling stations, which is prohibited under Massachusetts law.
In at least two cases, Clinton went inside the polling stations. While the Hillary Clinton campaign argues it was technically permissible for him to go inside and say hello, there are eyewitness accounts of him urging people to “pull the lever for Hillary,” and thanking Hillary supporters through a bullhorn in one instance.
It would be one thing to ask if the spirit of election law is violated by having the very famous husband of one candidate, who happens to be a former President himself, hanging around inside the polling place, even if he did nothing more than engage in idle chit-chat with voters. The petition alleges he did much more than that.
The Boston Globe notes that Massachusetts Secretary of State William F. Galvin explicitly instructed election workers that “even a President can’t go inside and work a polling place,” reminding them Bill Clinton was not allowed to approach voters within the restricted area.
Hillary Clinton beat Sanders by only one point in the Massachusetts primary.
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Well, that’s too bad that his supporters are too dumb to know that he is but a stand in “candidate” there to just make it look like she has competition...if he were really running he would have challenged this and the superdelegates. Liberalism is a mental disorder.
Well, gee -— it was ‘permitted’ and ‘lots of others did the same thing all the time.’ Why pick on poor old Bubba? Damned vast right wing conspiracies, anyway...
Get in line Burned Out Bernie fans...!!!
It's not officially part of US law of course, but the media believes it, and that's all that matters.
Silly liberals. They expect the Clintons to follow the law? Haha The Clintons are bound to no laws.
Go, Bernie Sanders followings, go!
Good luck!
-PJ
Message to all fellow "little folk", across the political spectrum. The puppetmasters aren't going to play fair to keep us under their thumb.
In my state of Florida I think the distance is 75 feet.
Multiple signs are posted warning people not to violate the law.
My oh my. Looks like old Bubba done lost his mojo.
The crooked one.
‘The Bill’ needs to feel ‘The Bern’
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