2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: More made up shit about the Vatican visit. [View all]longship
(40,416 posts)When Bill imposed himself -- illegally -- into MA polls, I knew that Hillary was pulling out all stops. Now I don't think Big Dawg's sleazy stunt made any difference in the MA primary. But it was as sleazy as it could get. If I were MA AG I would have slapped him hard, albeit quietly. But he would know that if he tried that in any other state, I would not be so quiet.
Electioneering at the polls is universally illegal just about everywhere. Yes, they show an elected official voting for themselves on Election Day. That is universally forgiven. But a candidate's spouse, a former POTUS, with a bull horn out in front of a voter precinct with Secret Service blocking traffic and voters' access to the polls is a different story.
My MA AG would be on the phone with Big Dawg pretty damned quickly. "Sir. You are breaking the law. You need to move your campaign stop away from the polling station and you need to do so now."