Republicans Are Building An Army Of Jerks To Intimidate Voters In November

[UCmeNdc]

The Republican Party is currently building an "army" of roughly 50,000 volunteers who will have the job of intimidating voters during the election in November. These "poll watchers" will be located primarily in swing states - specifically, areas of high minority populations in swing states - to threaten people with jail or fines if they vote illegally. Just the presence of these poll watchers has the effect of making people stay home, and that's exactly the point. Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins discusses this.

[BamaRefugee]

1. And they'll be armed. Lots and lots of pit bull won't surprise me either.

[Me.]

2. And The Dems Are Sending Out Armies Of Lawyers To Protect Them

Do you have a link for that?

[roamer65]

3. On Election Day I am going to drive past my polling place.

If I see any guns I am going to call 911.

I will have already voted.

[wcmagumba]

4. Perhaps an army of Anti-Jerks is in order...

lawyers, poll watcher watchers and other democrats with good intentions...I'll be driving by my local poll too...

[global1]

6. Agreed - Match Their Numbers And Man The Same Polling Places....

these Repug thugs will be at. Intimidate the intimidaters is what needs to happen. We know now in advance that this is what they intend to do - so we must be prepared and take action now.

I don't want to hear all sorts of horror stories the day after the election. We need to be pro-active. No woulda, coulda, shoulda!!!

[BComplex]

10. I agree. Dems need to match their numbers. And guns, if they are carrying.

This shit can be played two ways.

[stillcool]

5. they were supposedly doing that in 2016..

unless they're going to import them from Russia, they're going to have difficulty with that 50,000 number.

[beachbumbob]

7. We know the antidote

[Crunchy Frog]

8. We'd BETTER be doing something to counter this.

Our side has been ignoring voter suppression for too long, and they just keep getting more and more brazen.

[ThoughtCriminal]

9. Even "Polite" poll watchers are effective vote suppressors

Suppose you have 180 citizens in line to vote. If these agents add an average of just 20 seconds of wait time per voter, they add an hour of waiting to those at the end of the line. Voters that have children to take care of or pick up from school, jobs, and businesses they need to get back to. Once they have gummed things up, more than a few will have to give up. Multiply that by 50,000 and target key precincts and they can have a substantial impact.

[Crunchy Frog]

11. Take videos of anyone behaving inappropriately, and then dox them.