“So you can just accept that as a foregone conclusion, as your whiny post seems to suggest, or you can volunteer as a poll watcher well in advance”
Our Poll Watchers were thrown out, kept 150 feet away, had windows blocked by butcher paper so they could not watch, they were sent home and polls closed. Then they secretly opened and started the scam count at 2am. In Arizona poll watchers were not allowed into the collection point before distribution to counting areas.
It’s way beyond a mere “volunteer as a poll watcher”.
So don’t let them do that this time. The poll watchers last time were easy-going, believed in listening to the sheriffs, and didn’t have lawyers handy or a judge on call. They thought both sides were playing by the same rules. Don’t be like them. Bring along a few really hefty “poll watchers” to make sure that even if they do try to force you out, they’ll know you’re not going to play nice this time.
Every hear of Tammany Hall, Pandergast, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Daley, Boss Tweed, Bill Thompson? Elections have been rough affairs before.