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ELECTION DAY BUMP!
Posted on 11/03/2002 6:07:39 PM PST by sweetliberty
We have just returned to Budge's house to do the FReep report because there is a lot of information to report.
In attendance were Budge, Travelgirl, The Battman, parsifal, Don Frivoinai, sweetliberty, and another FReeper who, for reasons you will come to understand shortly, needs to remain anonymous until after the election.
We arrived at Budge's around noon to get everything set up for the maiden FReep of the Arkansas Hog Wild FReepers and the FReepmobile. We got to the site around quarter after 1 and finished up some signs and headed over to the convention center to await the arrival of XXX42 and his horde of Rats. There we were joined by several folks from the Hutchinson campaign and there were quite a few folks who came down from Mount Ida. There ended up being about 30 of us on the outside.
During the wait, we were informed of quite a few "questionable" things going on. For starters, there was one young man who is active with Tim Hutchinson's campaign who was threatened with arrest if he didn't leave the premises. He had done nothing to provoke this action other than they knew who he was. One of the FReepers who is a poll watcher was also threatened with arrest when she tried to go inside the convention center. Another young man who is a Hutchinson aide had a ticket to the event and because he had been seen talkiing to the "opposition" he was not allowed in, being told that it was a private event and they could exclude whoever they wanted to. There was also a group of black folks who were with us so this young man passed his ticket to one of the black guys, who removed all his campaign stuff and went in incognito, laughing saying that they'd never suspect a black guy. Will give you his report later.
Nobody would tell us what door Clinton would be entering by so we took a chance and hung out on one side of the building where they said the car would drive by. True to form, XXX42 was late by nearly an hour. But here is the great part. We were positioned between 2 entrances. One was a major side entrance. The other was a small, fenced-in service entrance by the garbage dumpsters. Well, guess which one he used. Think....which would be most appropriate. Yep, you guessed it. The snake slithered in through the garbage entrance. And he got a look at our signs. It was a classic moment in FReeperdom.
There was a whopping 500 people or so there for the "event". There were few enough people that there was a Jehovah's Witness convention going on in the building at the same time. When Clinton arrived the Jehovah's Witnesses started leaving. At that time we didn't realize that there was another event going on and Travelgirl and The Battman asked one of the cops on duty why everyone was leaving. He responded, "if Clinton entered a room, what would YOU do?" When the Jehovah's Witnesses left, the parking lot started clearing out.
Anyway, we may have to flesh in this post after we all get home because there is a lot to tell, but there is certain information that it is very important to get out there NOW! Back to our "spy". When he came out, he said they were running it like a church service, and the whole focus was on how the evil Republicans are trying to keep them from voting. They were saying that we have all the poll watchers this election to prevent THEM from voting. Now, here is the clencher. They were told that there would be attorneys posted at every precinct to prevent poll watchers from challenging ANY ballots. Now, mind you, one of our poll watchers has already had massive problems with them at the polls during early voting the past couple of weeks and has been advised to retain an attorney. They have had the sherriff remove her from the polls twice when she had done nothing inappropriate...only challenging ballots for improper or no ID. There is an all out campaign by these people to intimidate the poll watchers and then turn around and accuse us of voter intimidation. This is serious and at least one person has some legitimate fear. I can't really elaborate at this point. The reason we wanted to get this up right away is to get other FReepers on the case to get this publicized and contact appropriate media, political and legal sources to alert them that Republican poll watchers in this county are likely to be facing an organized, all-out Rat attack. Any help that FReepers can offer is needed!! Make phone calls, send letters. Whatever you can do. Post your ideas as well.
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ELECTION DAY BUMP!
CALLING ALL FREEPERS:
Sorry for the hail to this thread, but I thing this is important: please read, especially the part I quoted in red. According to a FReeper "spy," the Rats said they were going to prevent Republicans poll watching by RAT lawyers.
our "spy" . . . when he came out, he said . . . They were told that there would be attorneys posted at every precinct to prevent poll watchers from challenging ANY ballots. . . There is an all out campaign by these people to intimidate the poll watchers and then turn around and accuse us of voter intimidation. . . . get other FReepers on the case to get this publicized and contact appropriate media, political and legal sources to alert them that Republican poll watchers in this county are likely to be facing an organized, all-out Rat attack.
PLEASE PING YOUR LISTS so we can get the word out. Thanks.
Quick report from my first poll watch.
I got to my station about 30 minutes before the polls opened this morning and met the staff assigned there, all very nice people. I showed my credentials and took my place where I was supposed to, behind the table, no closer than six feet from the voter.
When the polls opened, traffic was slow. In fact, it was slow the entire time I was there. By the time I left there had been just a little over one hundred voters.
The election official had been told that if they personally knew a person they didn't have to show an ID. Arkansas has eleven ID's that are acceptable. I explained that the law states they DO have to show an ID. I politely told her that while she may know the people, I did not. I also called my superior who came by and verified what I had said. From that point on ID WAS asked for.
I had only one challanged vote for no ID and there was no complaining from the official or the voter.
As I mentioned in an earlier post, and as I explained last night, my leg was giving me major problems. About 3:30 I couldn't take the pain any more so I called for a replacement. The moment my replacement arrived we had the second challenged vote.
I was stationed in an all black precinct and only heard one man grumble about having to show ID. However, he did present proper identification and there was no trouble. I did hear there was some trouble at a couple other precincts though.
All in all, it was a great experience and I look forward to being a watcher again!
Bastages!
But you have to remember one thing: RATS DON'T NEED TO PLAY BY THOSE PESKY LEGAL RULES!!
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