I went to vote with my mother this morning

[Aerows]

She's a firecracker. She was stopped from going to the polls by some person that attempted to educate her about voting while I parked the car. My mother stated politely, "I know how to vote, and you should take your own advice. I don't need anybody to tell me how to vote."

My mother rocks.

[Aerows]

1. Is it even legal within 100 ft to try to tell people

how to vote?

[MineralMan]

2. No. That's electioneering and it's illegal.

The distance varies from state to state, though.

[Aerows]

6. It was at the dang door!

Mom put her in her place, though, and by the time I had parked the car, she had gotten far enough away from the door that I really couldn't do anything at that point.

Just shameful.

[merrily]

4. Do you mean which candidate to vote for or whether to vote yes or no on a ballot question?

Or do you mean totally nonpartisan instructions?

I am assuming you mean the former.

The first would be highly illegal too close to the ballot box. As the other poster stated, how close is "too close" varies from state to state. I vote in an apartment building, first floor. Electioneering goes on legally right until you get to the front door of the building.

[Aerows]

5. It was right in front of the place we voted at

and she was trying to "educate" people on not HOW to vote, but WHO to vote for. Me and Mom were angry about it.

[merrily]

9. Same thing happens at the front door of the building where I vote. And it's

legal because I have to walk through a spacious building lobby and a hallway to get to the room where I cast my ballot.

Google your state's law and check the footage requirement, but I am going to guess it was legal. The antidote is to make sure a Dem is there doing the same thing. And I've done that, too. You take a little abuse or curtness sometimes, but you also get a lot of support, at least in a blue state. I call it doing "signs and smiles."

[2naSalit]

3. Glad she was

able to educate the clueless individual who was certainly out of line.

[Aerows]

7. It was ridiculous!

Anyway, we voted.

[2naSalit]

8. I've seen some

pretty chumpy stuff at the polls in the past, glad I don't have to go vote in public here.

That being said, I did have to go to town today to get some last minute supplies - going on a long drive tomorrow - and saw that there were a few vehicles at the polling place there. A town under 2,000. Still most of our eligible voters do vote so a few cars early in the afternoon is a good sign. Our small population also keeps the stupidity at the polling place to a minimum if there's any at all.