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To: muawiyah
Only campaigners can campaign. I know the same law with virtually the same language in Virginia means I, as a private citizen, can wait in line at the polls and talk stuff with my friends also waiting inline. A party official can't.

So the law quoted in post 23 doesn't mean what it says?

47 posted on 10/14/2010 3:54:40 PM PDT by Wissa (Gone Galt)
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To: Wissa
The law referred to: "..... judge of election, pollwatcher, or other person....", and you are jumping to conclusions that "other person" means "voter".

No, it doesn't say "voter". It ways "other person", and that's where the courts have latitude, so what you need to do is to find out what Illinois own suppreme court says that means in the context of that law.

After all, if it means "all persons" then a son helping his elderly mother could be EXCLUDED from the polls, along with his mother, and they would be prevented from voting.

You'd then take them out and punish them for whatever it was they said.

I see a number of infringements of fundamental rights in any interpretation that says you can't talk about anything, certainly not a politician, at the polls.

BTW, the giant levitating Wookey's husband IS NOT A CANDIDATE for any of the offices on the ballot this time, so where was her "electioneering"?

49 posted on 10/14/2010 5:24:09 PM PDT by muawiyah ("GIT OUT THE WAY" The Republicans are coming)
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