2016 Postmortem

pnwmom

(108,995 posts) Sun Oct 30, 2016, 11:39 PM Oct 2016

ACLU: Know your rights -- What to do when faced with voter intimidation

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https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/what-do-when-faced-voter-intimidation

The ACLU prepared this Know Your Rights resource for election season in response to heightened concern regarding voter intimidation at polling places. Download a printable version of this info here. Contact the Election Protection Hotline (866-OUR-VOTE), the Department of Justice Voting Rights Hotline (800-253-3931), or an attorney if you believe that your rights have been violated.

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And here is one black man's description of the voter intimidation he and his parents recently encountered.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/10/28/1586912/-Black-Kos-Week-In-Review?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

This is story I never thought I would have to write, because I never thought I would witness this in the first person. I tend to use early voting as on election day, I tend to volunteer to do GOTV. On October 27th I took my parents to city hall for early voting. Walking into the city clerk’s office I quickly felt ecstatic. The appearance of the crowd inside would warm the heart of any Democrat. In the front of the line was a young Latina with her mother going through the process of early voting, filling out some forms were three other millennial age white woman, my parents and myself were of course black, only one retirement age woman who was leaving as we entered “looked” like anything approaching a Trump demographic. Feeling hopeful I walked into line with my parents.

A friendly city hall officer who was helping to maintain order asked us “what we there for?” I told him “I’m helping my parents early vote”. He asked me “do you want to early vote too?” I told him “I’ll do it after I help my parents”. I stood in line, helped my parents get the forms they needed and helped them sit down and fill them out. Everyone in line was pleasantly waiting their turn to vote. After helping my elderly parents fill out the forms, I helped my parents return to line. By this time a another man had approached the line, took one look and crossed his arms.

SNIP