Reports of Voter Intimidation at Polling Places in Texas

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Election official in Dallas County says it’s the worst she’s seen in decades.

by Blake Paterson Oct. 26, 5:18 p.m. EDT

Tempers are flaring during early voting in Dallas County, Texas, and reports of voter intimidation are on the rise. The county’s nonpartisan election administrator said that the harassment — including name-calling and interrogating voters waiting in line — is the worst she’s seen in decades.

“I’ve been here for 30 years, and this harassment that’s going on, I haven’t ever seen the likes of this,” said Toni Pippins-Poole, the county’s election director. “I’ve seen some other things, props being used and whatnot, but nothing like this type of mentality or aggressiveness or demeaning type of actions.”

At the Lakeside Activity Center in Mesquite, Texas, election administrators received complaints of a partisan poll watcher looking over voter’s shoulders as they cast their ballots and questioning voters on their politics. The person was later escorted out by Mesquite Police Department officers on Monday after refusing to leave the premises, according to Pippins-Poole.

https://www.propublica.org/article/reports-of-voter-intimidation-at-polling-places-in-texas

[applegrove]

1. If the GOP make voting the equivalent of going to a haunted house perhaps more young adults

will go and vote. Could happen..

[ProudLib72]

2. This is why every state ought to have mail in ballots

1. You get a paper trail
2. You don't have to wait in line, so more people vote
3. Voters aren't intimidated

This system seems so archaic. And what did they really expect, "civility"?