GOP threatens to arrest Democratic voters

[wyethwire]

In a new low for voter intimidation South Carolina Republicans are threatening to arrest any Democrats who try to vote in a Sept. 7th special election.

http://www.scdp.org/blog.php

[shadu]

1. Amazing

and not in a good way

[shadu]

2. Amazing

and not in a good way

[wyethwire]

3. a new low in voter intimidation

[Endangered Specie]

4. Soon, they should rename themselves as Die NSDAP.

[wyethwire]

5. SC does not have party registration

any voter can vote in any primary, so this talk of keeping Democrats out of the primary is nothing but straight out intimidation

[wyethwire]

6. 98 percent of all voters can vote in the special election

only those Democrats who previously voted in the June Democratic primary are ineligible

[renotyme]

7. isnt that special!

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[wyethwire]

8. kick

[wyethwire]

9. This race has been dirty from the beginning

the GOP incumbent opposes an Official County HOliday for Martin Luther King, so he has a vested interest in keeping minority voters away from the polls

[Cascadian]

10. WHAT????

What country do we live in? Have we become Zimbabwe? Somebody has to raise a huge stink about this. This is fascism at work right here. Any South Carolinians want to weigh in this story?


John

[gristy]

11. Man

:(

[gristy]

12. Here's what SC Democrats can do!!!!!!!!

The ones who didn't vote in your Dem primary, anyways: Go to your polling place, and as you sign in, tell the person that you are a Democrat and you want to be sure that it's ok to vote. If they say no, you can't vote if you are a Democrat, then say, "Well, I thought the rule says that I get to vote as long as I didn't vote in the Dem primary?"

Much fun should be had by all over the next 5 minutes or so! :evilgrin:

[wyethwire]

15. exactly right

and some folks are willing to post bail for any Dems arrested - just to expose this for the phony sham it is

[GreenPartyVoter]

13. This is just crazy

[GiovanniC]

14. Read the Article Linked There... It Gets Better

Selby also wants to bar the ACLU from observing the polls. Wonder why?

Things that make you go... MOTHERFUCKINGELECTIONTHIEVES!

[wyethwire]

16. who watches the watchmen?

[wyethwire]

17. or as Lisa Simpson would say ...

"If you are the police, then who polices the police?"

[wyethwire]

22. Homer: I dunno, Coast Guard?

[incapsulated]

18. It *is* "illegal" to vote if you voted in the Democratic Primary

That much is true. However, threatening to arrest the 2% of the people to whom that applies is pure intimidation and it's outrageous. It is intended to give ALL Democrats the idea that they are committing a crime by voting.

:nuke:

[wyethwire]

19. exactly

and many Democrats crossed over to vote for a Republican who supports an MLK Holiday

[sub.theory]

20. Thanks for the info incapsulated

I didn't know that, thanks for the info.

I think the Repugs know they are going to lose. The desperation in their camp is reaching absurd degrees.

Kick for democracy :kick:

[wyethwire]

21. kick