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(38,601 posts)Fiendish Thingy
(15,650 posts)Ms. Toad
(34,085 posts)frazzled
(18,402 posts)Poll watchers have to be officially appointed by a campaign and accepted by the appropriate BOE. Usually one to two per campaign, per precinct, with official certification documents. They cannot themselves challenge a voter's status, but only report a concern to an election official at the polling place.
Anyone who walks in to "poll watch" on their own, or take pictures, or challenge voters, will be escorted out by police immediately.
Ms. Toad
(34,085 posts)to be a poll-watcher - i.e. so he can appoint them. Of course that's legal. I've been getting solicitations from the Democratic side for about 2 months.
What poll watchers (observers in some jurisdicitons) can do varies from jurisdiciton to jurisdiction - I believe in some jurisdictions they can challenge a voter's status.
Ms. Toad
(34,085 posts)Republicans typically ignore that opportunity - but this year seems to be different. (And Trump is implying an edge to it that is inappropriate - but training is required.)
Turbineguy
(37,361 posts)the way Saddam Hussein won his last election. 99% for Saddam, 1% shot dead.
SCantiGOP
(13,871 posts)Its really just a gimmick to raise funds and get more names for their contact list.
Quixote1818
(28,955 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,027 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)come to harass from as close as the law allows. Of course.
In GA we had to be 150 feet from the building wall, not just the door, AND from any voter in line. Most states allow somewhat closer. PA was extreme at 10 feet (!), MO 25.
Also, in at least some states, perhaps most or all, anyone has the right to observe the polls without any need to sign up with a party.
Electioneering Distances in All 50 States (as of 2019)
http://www.kslegresearch.org/KLRD-web/Publications/ElectionsEthics/2019-ElectioneeringDistancesByState.pdf