Clara said:
Oh god. I think this is at least as bad as the debacle where people were told they'd be arrested at the polls if they owed taxes or rent to anyone, in any amount. It was just creepy enough for people to believe.
FYI - The US Constitution apecifically forbids the arrest of a person travelling to or from a polling place. If you get pulled over for any reason tell the officer "I'm on my way to vote." and they cant write you a ticket. They can probably follow you until your firs t destination after leaving the polls and issue the ciation but unless you've committed a serious crime I doubt they will do so.
I dont know if this applies to service of civil documents but doubt a bench warrant could be enforced at this time either.
Testm0nkey said:
same thing has happened to 2 people i know out here in uber conservative district of texas (not exactly saying there is some conspiracy). i dont know all the details like what he defined himself as politically but id imagine its either democrat or independent but they just told them sorry your voter registration has been lost going on two seperate occasions
texas isnt a district, its a state.
im sort of confused as to what the controversy is.
isnt avoiding voter fraud a good thing?
If you think this is about "avoiding voter fraud," you're either incredibly naive or being incredibly disingenuous. The Repugs are pulling the same stuff here that their ideological predecessors were pulling during the Jim Crow era with poll taxes, literacy tests, and state troopers stationed outside of county courthouses. Why else would they be so selective about it? And this from the same bunch who were whining and crying four years ago about Gore wanting to cherry-pick the Florida counties where recounts were to take place, which, in addition to being wrong in its own way, was also tactically unsound - just like this is.
Clara said:
Oh god. I think this is at least as bad as the debacle where people were told they'd be arrested at the polls if they owed taxes or rent to anyone, in any amount. It was just creepy enough for people to believe.
FYI - The US Constitution apecifically forbids the arrest of a person travelling to or from a polling place. If you get pulled over for any reason tell the officer "I'm on my way to vote." and they cant write you a ticket. They can probably follow you until your firs t destination after leaving the polls and issue the ciation but unless you've committed a serious crime I doubt they will do so.
I dont know if this applies to service of civil documents but doubt a bench warrant could be enforced at this time either.
Which article or amendment is that in?
13th and 14th interpreted by the Supreme Court after segregation I'd bet.
Clara said:
Oh god. I think this is at least as bad as the debacle where people were told they'd be arrested at the polls if they owed taxes or rent to anyone, in any amount. It was just creepy enough for people to believe.
FYI - The US Constitution apecifically forbids the arrest of a person travelling to or from a polling place. If you get pulled over for any reason tell the officer "I'm on my way to vote." and they cant write you a ticket. They can probably follow you until your firs t destination after leaving the polls and issue the ciation but unless you've committed a serious crime I doubt they will do so.
I dont know if this applies to service of civil documents but doubt a bench warrant could be enforced at this time either.
13th and 14th interpreted by the Supreme Court after segregation I'd bet.
I thought it was a clause in an original article but my eyes are too buggy to find it. I have a hardcopy somewhere and if I find it I'll post it. You dont suppose the Trilateral Commission has deleted it?
So, how is the challenge against doctashock's validity affected by the Ohio court ruling that threw out the right to challenge by partisan poll perverts? Did that only apply to those who entered the actual polling place to challenge voters?
It speaks volumes about the intent of the two parties when the Repugs spend their energy trying to DENY people the right to vote, and the Demos spend their time trying to get people to the polls.
13th and 14th interpreted by the Supreme Court after segregation I'd bet.
I thought it was a clause in an original article but my eyes are too buggy to find it. I have a hardcopy somewhere and if I find it I'll post it. You dont suppose the Trilateral Commission has deleted it?
I'm almost posivitve it's not in the original Constitution - though I'd love to be proved wrong.
Ohio is cool. There will be Republicans out at polling places challenging registration.
I'm a college student in Bowling Green, Ohio (Wood County). I registered here four years ago under a different BG address than what I currently live. My drivers license is from my hometown of Findlay, Ohio (Hancock County).
Needless to say, I'm nervous that I won't be able to vote.
St_Expedite
New Orleans, LA
January 2004
NOV 01, 2004 02:22 PM