What would you do if approached by those True the Vote A-holes?

[Hawaii Hiker]

I swear i won't say a word, i would just call the police and say I'm being harassed at the polling station....That is the thing to do, IMO...Don't cause a scene, just call police...

Agree/Disagree?

[leftofcool]

1. 5 words............get out of my face.

[still_one]

2. Agreed, don't engage with them, just call the police. More importantly, vote early if you can

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

33. That's one of the reason why the Reich hates early voting...

It's much easier to harrass people when they all show up on a single day.

[AlinPA]

35. Why not engage them? I will. I don't like being harrassed and they will hear it from me.

Maybe even feel it if they touch me.

[still_one]

36. Because that is their plan to create delays, and direct engagement feeds into that, while having the

Police either remove or arrest them for preventing you from voting, also removes them from doing it to someone else

[FSogol]

3. Tell them to leave you alone. Tell the people running the election that

they are harassing you.

[Jackpine Radical]

4. Get a recording & a pic.

That's evidence.

Then call the cops.

[driver8]

37. Yep -- good idea!

Photos, call the cops, kick them in the nuts.

(Just kidding about the kicking in the nuts, part).

[southernyankeebelle]

5. I would do the same. Also if the person in front or in back of me were being harassed

I would ask them if they want me to call the police.

[blm]

6. Don't you DARE Tread on Me, traitor!

.

[bushisanidiot]

7. Good call. At least the a-hole will be unable to harrass voters while they are being questioned

by police.

[KansDem]

8. I would ask them if they meant "Screw the Vote"

And say I didn't hear them very well...

[Deep13]

9. good idea. nt

[bushisanidiot]

10. Everyone who has one, should bring a video camera or use their phone.

they need to be exposed on Tuesday and EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM
who is trying to prevent someone from voting needs to be PROSECUTED
for harrassment and for attempt to commit voter fraud by stopping people
from voting.

PRESS CHARGES so these jerks have a criminal record that will follow them around
for the rest of their lives.

[tridim]

11. Yes I want a true vote, so get out of my way asshole.

[rockbluff botanist]

12. Pure White Trash

I would tell the white trash tea bagger to move his ass. I would be sure to enunciate the White Trash part loud and clear.

[Gothmog]

13. I poll watched with one of these idiots on Sunday

For my County's Souls to the Polls program, I poll watched at a key early voting location. Luckily in Texas, poll watchers can only watch. I never talked to this idiot and had fun watching him complain to the head election judge.

If one of these idiots try to suppress you vote, report it to your state party. In Texas we are building a file. The Texas State Party has sued the King Street Patriots and True the Vote under Texas law and won the case which is on appeal. In Harris County, the DOJ has election monitors in for early voting to watch these idiots.

The best way to deal with these idiots is document their actions and then hold them accountable for such actions

[budkin]

14. Tell the to go true their own assholes

[Firebirds01]

15. Id show them my

Sons of the American Revolution membership card and ask if it counts as ID.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

16. Agree.... Then once I'm done voting come out and cock punch one of them...... I kid. I kid. nt

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

34. You'd be arrested. But you'd feel good. (nt)

[Bluenorthwest]

17. To approach me while voting, they'd have to break into my house...

We don't have polling places in Oregon, nothing for them to 'watch'...

[justiceischeap]

18. I'd politely laugh in their faces but I doubt we'll have poll watchers

in Maryland. Unless they're trying to surpress the marriage equality vote, the state is going to the President.

[atreides1]

19. To be completely honest

It would be between telling them to go fuck a goat or ask them where did they got a permit to stack shit that high!

[Mojo2]

20. Same thing I do to Tea Baggers

When I have bee nappraoched by a Tea Bagger at my home or in the community, I:

1. Ask them politely to leave me and my family alone.

2. If they persist, tell them they are wasting their time that both myself and my family do not support their radical agenda and ask the mto leave again.

3. If this has not worked, here if Florida, I tell them that I feel that they are a bodily threat to myself and my family and I will not hesitate to utilize the "Stand Your Ground" law to defend myself and my family.

I have been approached on four occassions by Tea Baggers here in Florida and on most occassions, they stop after I have asked them to leave us alone. Only on one occassion, did I have to resort to the 3rd step. I had two middle aged men approach me in my yard as I was doing yardwork on a Saturday, they identified themselves as being with some local Patriot group. I told them that I would appreciate it if they left my yard, as I was not interested in hearing their lies. One of the men kept getting closer and closer to me and was obviously angry and began to talk in an agitated manner. I again told them to leave my private property and I began to backpedal towards my garage. The angry man kept following me, I then reached the garage and told him "I ill Stand My Ground" (everyone in FLA knows the law) and I reached inside the garage and grabbed my 36 ounce Louisville Slugger Titanium baseball bat and cocked it up in the air. It looked like a fifty yard dash on how fast those bozo's took off out of my yard, hey, they continued to yell shit about Liberals,,,,,but the bottom line is they have NEVER came back to my house.

[irisblue]

26. Mojo2

not only a political dynamic, but a male female one as well. Thanks for the backup....my Louisville is wood, I'm thinking about upgrading to a golf club as I age and physically crumble.
welcome to DU....

[Gin]

21. How will they be acting at the polls? i am aware of the group but

Not sure what to look out for when I vote.

[progressivebydesign]

29. someone commented above. they challenge people's votes on the spot...

they harass the poll workers, trying to convince them that someone's vote is invalid. No doubt based on the color of their skin.

[LisaL]

22. Tell them to get lost.

[cliffordu]

23. Say the most obscene thing I can come up with.

And that's a whole lot of obscene.

[sufrommich]

24. The first thing I would do is take out my phone

and take their picture,I would also demand I.D. and take a pic of that too. They are there to intimidate, I intend to intimidate right back if it happens. I'll vote whether they like it or not.

[sufrommich]

31. You mean the 2 non black panthers who

showed up at one polling place? They claimed to be members of the"new black panthers" and were denounced by pretty much everybody including the old Black Panthers. Fox News and freepers certainly like to cite them though.

[AtomicKitten]

27. My concern is that their challenge will force voters to use provisional ballots.

SoS Husted has a court ruling that may knock out provisional ballots (just last month a court ruled they must be counted). Between the Rmoney campaign itself and True the Vote and with Husted's assistance, the cheating has been institutionalized.

http://www.mariettatimes.com/page/content.detail/id/262448/Ohio-court-halts-expanded-ballot-counting-ruling-.html?isap=1&nav=5018

From Husted's website:
http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/elections/Voters/FAQ/provisional.aspx

What scenarios would require me to cast a provisional ballot?

Any of the following scenarios would require you to cast a provisional ballot on Election Day:

* Your name does not appear on the official poll list for that precinct, or an election official asserts that you are not eligible to vote or is unable to determine your eligibility;
* You are unable or decline to provide the required proof of identity, which includes a current and valid photo identification, military identification, or a copy of a current (within the last 12 months) utility bill (including cell phone bill), bank statement, government check, paycheck, or other government document that shows your name and current address. (Note: You cannot use as proof of identification a voter registration acknowledgement notice that the board of elections mailed to you.);
* Your name appears on the official poll list for that precinct as having already requested an absentee ballot;
* Your name is marked on the poll list or signature book with a notation that certain registration mailings have been returned as undeliverable;
* A hearing on a challenge to your eligibility as an elector has been postponed until after Election Day;
* Your signature, in the opinion of the precinct officers, does not match the signature on your registration form; or
* Your eligibility to cast a ballot has been challenged by the precinct officials.

[irisblue]

43. thank you for this information AtomicKitten. now i know where to print these off

[AtomicKitten]

44. That's just Ohio. They're doing this in all the swing states.

That's why Husted has been a busy bee in Ohio trying to fine tune the crime to fit the occasion.
I could not believe the Romney campaign was caught "educating" poll workers with the same dishonest bent as True the Vote. The object of the game certainly in Ohio is to make as many Dem-identified voters as possible vote by provisional ballot. They intend to throw those votes out.

I hope you can do something proactive about it. It is so frustrating sitting here in California watching the institutionalized election theft unfold in these states. Aaaarrrrgggghhh.

[irisblue]

45. I live within walking distance of the Columbus Early Voting site

you rock, of course I'll check my local D office as well. and I'm off tomorrow and voting there on Saturday with my wife and 2 dear friends.....a gaggle of aware and active middle aged women....pumped a bit

[AtomicKitten]

46. go get 'em

[Third Doctor]

28. Stuff him in a closet?

[polichick]

30. I'd say, "Don't even think about it," and walk past...

...while dialing the police on my cell - just in case.

[Dr Claw]

32. Boot to the gut... Stone Cold Stunner.

Actually, I got a camera phone.

[jsmirman]

38. Call the police, find a pollworker or just demand their name and their affiliation

and in my case tell them I'm a law student and that I hope they know the penalties for interfering with a federal election.

That usually ends things real quick.

[DFW]

39. In Texas, the cops would probably be in league with them except in Dallas, Houston and Austin

I'd say just get some pals and (this is Texas, remember), come back and "stand your ground" just like the law says you can. It was their idea in the first place. They hardly have grounds to complain about the possible consequences.

[themaguffin]

40. I hope I do. I hope I do.

[craigmatic]

41. Ignore them

[ejbr]

42. I'd get banned from DU if I disclosed... n./t