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Related: About this forumTrump is instructing his Pennsylvania supporters to VIOLATE STATE ELECTION LAW!!!!!
Pennsylvania law is very specific when it comes to Poll Watchers, and Trump telling his followers to go to polls in other areas from where they vote to watch the polls is a direct violation of Pennsylvania election law:
Effective: October 8, 2004
25 P.S. § 2687
§ 2687. Appointment of watchers
(a) Each candidate for nomination or election at any election shall be entitled to appoint two watchers for each election district in which such candidate is voted for. Each political party and each political body which has nominated candidates in accordance with the provisions of this act, shall be entitled to appoint three watchers at any general, municipal or special election for each election district in which the candidates of such party or political body are to be voted for. Such watchers shall serve without expense to the county.
(b) Each watcher so appointed must be a qualified registered elector of the county in which the election district for which the watcher was appointed is located. Each watcher so appointed shall be authorized to serve in the election district for which the watcher was appointed and, when the watcher is not serving in the election district for which the watcher was appointed, in any other election district in the county in which the watcher is a qualified registered elector: Provided, That only one watcher for each candidate at primaries, or for each party or political body at general, municipal or special elections, shall be present in the polling place at any one time from the time that the election officers meet prior to the opening of the polls under section 12081 until the time that the counting of votes is complete and the district register and voting check list is locked and sealed, and all watchers in the room shall remain outside the enclosed space. It shall not be a requirement that a watcher be a resident of the election district for which the watcher is appointed. After the close of the polls and while the ballots are being counted or voting machine canvassed, all the watchers shall be permitted to be in the polling place outside the enclosed space. Each watcher shall be provided with a certificate from the county board of elections, stating his name and the name of the candidate, party or political body he represents. Watchers shall be required to show their certificates when requested to do so. Watchers allowed in the polling place under the provisions of this act, shall be permitted to keep a list of voters and shall be entitled to challenge any person making application to vote and to require proof of his qualifications, as provided by this act. During those intervals when voters are not present in the polling place either voting or waiting to vote, the judge of elections shall permit watchers, upon request, to inspect the voting check list and either of the two numbered lists of voters maintained by the county board: Provided, That the watcher shall not mark upon or alter these official election records. The judge of elections shall supervise or delegate the inspection of any requested documents.
(c) No candidate or committee of a political party or of a political body, nor any other person or persons shall pay to any watcher compensation in excess of one hundred twenty ($120.00) dollars per diem.
(d) A watcher whose watcher's certificate is destroyed or lost on election day may appear before the court of common pleas under section 12062 and, after swearing under oath or affirmation that the watcher's certificate was destroyed or lost, may immediately receive a replacement watcher's certificate issued by the court.
Credits
1937, June 3, P.L. 1333, art. IV, § 417. Amended 1947, June 28, P.L. 1054, § 1; 1963, Aug. 1, P.L. 434, § 1; 1963, Aug. 14, P.L. 1048, § 1; 1980, July 12, P.L. 649, No. 134, § 1, imd. effective; 2002, May 16, P.L. 310, No. 44, § 1, imd. effective; 2004, Oct. 8, P.L. 807, No. 97, § 2.1, imd. effective.
Footnotes
1
25 P.S. § 3048.
2
25 P.S. § 3046.
25 P.S. § 2687, PA ST 25 P.S. § 2687
Current through 2016 Regular Session Acts 1 to 83, 87, 90 to 94 and 96
25 P.S. § 2687
§ 2687. Appointment of watchers
(a) Each candidate for nomination or election at any election shall be entitled to appoint two watchers for each election district in which such candidate is voted for. Each political party and each political body which has nominated candidates in accordance with the provisions of this act, shall be entitled to appoint three watchers at any general, municipal or special election for each election district in which the candidates of such party or political body are to be voted for. Such watchers shall serve without expense to the county.
(b) Each watcher so appointed must be a qualified registered elector of the county in which the election district for which the watcher was appointed is located. Each watcher so appointed shall be authorized to serve in the election district for which the watcher was appointed and, when the watcher is not serving in the election district for which the watcher was appointed, in any other election district in the county in which the watcher is a qualified registered elector: Provided, That only one watcher for each candidate at primaries, or for each party or political body at general, municipal or special elections, shall be present in the polling place at any one time from the time that the election officers meet prior to the opening of the polls under section 12081 until the time that the counting of votes is complete and the district register and voting check list is locked and sealed, and all watchers in the room shall remain outside the enclosed space. It shall not be a requirement that a watcher be a resident of the election district for which the watcher is appointed. After the close of the polls and while the ballots are being counted or voting machine canvassed, all the watchers shall be permitted to be in the polling place outside the enclosed space. Each watcher shall be provided with a certificate from the county board of elections, stating his name and the name of the candidate, party or political body he represents. Watchers shall be required to show their certificates when requested to do so. Watchers allowed in the polling place under the provisions of this act, shall be permitted to keep a list of voters and shall be entitled to challenge any person making application to vote and to require proof of his qualifications, as provided by this act. During those intervals when voters are not present in the polling place either voting or waiting to vote, the judge of elections shall permit watchers, upon request, to inspect the voting check list and either of the two numbered lists of voters maintained by the county board: Provided, That the watcher shall not mark upon or alter these official election records. The judge of elections shall supervise or delegate the inspection of any requested documents.
(c) No candidate or committee of a political party or of a political body, nor any other person or persons shall pay to any watcher compensation in excess of one hundred twenty ($120.00) dollars per diem.
(d) A watcher whose watcher's certificate is destroyed or lost on election day may appear before the court of common pleas under section 12062 and, after swearing under oath or affirmation that the watcher's certificate was destroyed or lost, may immediately receive a replacement watcher's certificate issued by the court.
Credits
1937, June 3, P.L. 1333, art. IV, § 417. Amended 1947, June 28, P.L. 1054, § 1; 1963, Aug. 1, P.L. 434, § 1; 1963, Aug. 14, P.L. 1048, § 1; 1980, July 12, P.L. 649, No. 134, § 1, imd. effective; 2002, May 16, P.L. 310, No. 44, § 1, imd. effective; 2004, Oct. 8, P.L. 807, No. 97, § 2.1, imd. effective.
Footnotes
1
25 P.S. § 3048.
2
25 P.S. § 3046.
25 P.S. § 2687, PA ST 25 P.S. § 2687
Current through 2016 Regular Session Acts 1 to 83, 87, 90 to 94 and 96
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Trump is instructing his Pennsylvania supporters to VIOLATE STATE ELECTION LAW!!!!! (Original Post)
MohRokTah
Aug 2016
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MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)1. We do need police at the polls,
to monitor Rump's jack booted thugs.
EricMaundry
(1,619 posts)2. Easy solution
If Trumplets do illegal things at the polls, quietly and quickly arrest them.
nolabear
(41,991 posts)3. He's dying to get someone shot.
I'm sure law enforcement loved his little call-out for people to bother them.
Dem2
(8,168 posts)4. Trump don't care about silly laws
They interfere with his whims.
lillypaddle
(9,581 posts)5. Where are the Black Panthers
when you need them??