- Election Day isn't until Nov. 8, but already an elections watchdog has received more than 50,000 calls about voter suppression and intimidation.
At least one woman with a bullhorn confronted and yelled at voters arriving at an early voting site in West Palm Beach last week. Sheriff's deputies asked the woman to move – but not before some voters left without casting their ballots.
In at least nine counties in Texas, polling sites posted outdated voter ID requirements that had been declared unconstitutional.
In Georgia, voters waited in line for as long as five hours in Gwinnett County, where close to half the residents are black or Latino and only one voting site was in operation for more than 400,000 eligible voters.
I am really not sure how someone with a bullhorn or even a gun standing outside a polling station could prevent me from voting. On the other hand, this strategy would do it for me: That was the facade of the headquarters of Mussolini's Italian Fascist Party Federation in Rome during the 1934 elections. The vote was held in the form of a referendum, with the National Fascist Party, an official state organ, composing a single party list to be either approved or rejected by the voters. Voters were given two ballots, one saying "Yes" which was on Italian tricolour paper, and one with "No" which was on white paper. After depositing their ballot in the private voting booth, voters had to return the unused sheet to the scrutineers, ensuring that their vote was known to officials. The list put forward was approved by 99.84% of voters. RIP 0.16%.
The Trump campaign has appealed already. lol They are publicly taking the stand that anyone who engages in intimidation or harassment inside or near polling places should not face contempt of court charges.