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MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
Thu Nov 3, 2016, 12:22 PM Nov 2016

As you go to your polling place on Tuesday...

Take your cell phone with you. If there are people outside of the polling place harassing voters going in, please take pictures or videos. Even if they are beyond the boundaries that prohibit electioneering, harassment should not take place. Take as many photos as you need to fully document the behavior.

Post your photos in public places, like Facebook and Twitter, and be sure to identify the location of the polling place, including city, state and precinct identifier in the caption where you post. We need to document voter intimidation wherever it occurs.

You may need to put your phone away when entering the polling place. Many states prohibit photos inside polling places. But documenting what happens outside is fine and legal.

Don't engage the harassers. Just document them and publicize the harassment. You can link here on DU to your postings, too.

If any sort of violence is being threatened, report that to the election judges inside and call your local law enforcement number to report it, as well.

Let's take voter intimidation viral.

Thank you in advance.

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As you go to your polling place on Tuesday... (Original Post) MineralMan Nov 2016 OP
Kick Hekate Nov 2016 #1
Thanks. I'll have my wife's second iPhone with me. MineralMan Nov 2016 #3
Excellent post Agnosticsherbet Nov 2016 #2
Thanks. I'd love to see voter intimidation exposed. MineralMan Nov 2016 #4
K & R ......for visibility..nt Wounded Bear Nov 2016 #5
Thanks for the kick. MineralMan Nov 2016 #6
No sweat... Wounded Bear Nov 2016 #10
K&R! tallahasseedem Nov 2016 #8
Good idea. I don't know of any, but MineralMan Nov 2016 #9
K&R! sarae Nov 2016 #11
Where do we expect it? zipplewrath Nov 2016 #12
That I do not know. We need people everywhere to be MineralMan Nov 2016 #13
Someone does zipplewrath Nov 2016 #14
I've already voted but I live right next door tavernier Nov 2016 #15
Good idea! Lifelong Protester Nov 2016 #16

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
3. Thanks. I'll have my wife's second iPhone with me.
Thu Nov 3, 2016, 12:26 PM
Nov 2016

I use a crummy flip phone with a lousy camera, but she has two iPhones. I have no idea why, but there it is. I'll probably take the 6+ with me. One tap posts images on her Facebook feed. She'll have the other one.

Frankly, I don't expect any such activities in my precinct, but I'll be ready if they occur.

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
9. Good idea. I don't know of any, but
Thu Nov 3, 2016, 12:32 PM
Nov 2016

I imagine there will be Twitter hashtags one can post to. But, posting anywhere that's public will help.

Here's one that already live:

https://twitter.com/hashtag/voterintimidation

zipplewrath

(16,646 posts)
12. Where do we expect it?
Thu Nov 3, 2016, 12:46 PM
Nov 2016

My polling place is so milk toast I can't imagine it'd be a particular problem. Does the democratic party have any idea of where these might be a problem? I know there are some efforts by unaffiliated groups to help folks at the polls. My little brother (a lawyer) is working polling sites in New Mexico, there they have specific places they know there are common problems.

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
13. That I do not know. We need people everywhere to be
Thu Nov 3, 2016, 12:49 PM
Nov 2016

prepared to document any intimidation that occurs, though. At most polling places, nothing will happen, I think. But, at some, it might. It's best to be ready wherever a person votes, though.

tavernier

(12,389 posts)
15. I've already voted but I live right next door
Thu Nov 3, 2016, 01:42 PM
Nov 2016

to my polling place. I'll eyeball it, but I can already bet that there will be no trouble. It's just a very well behaved little burg.

Now Miami, up the road a bit, that can be a different story in some neighborhoods. I shudder at the every day news, let alone what some Trump fans versus Latino and minority voters might want to do when face to face in a parking lot. But I'm quite certain that authorities know where the trouble spots are and security should be pretty tight. And any nervous voters already cast their ballots in early voting.

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