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CM_Ponch
10/15/20 11:12:34 AM
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https://www.businessinsider.com/armed-groups-planning-to-monitor-polling-sites-on-election-day-2020-10

Armed groups say they will show up to polling sites on Election Day, and experts are afraid it will intimidate voters

Far-right groups are planning online to monitor polling sites on Election Day, some of them armed, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times.
Stewart Rhodes, the leader of a far-right group called Oath Keepers, said his members would draw their weapons if needed.
Rhodes said he wanted to prevent "the radical left" from intimidating voters. Experts say the presence of groups like his would probably make things worse.

Far-right groups are planning to patrol polling sites on Election Day, some of them armed, causing experts to worry about the possibility of violent clashes and voter intimidation.

Stewart Rhodes, the leader of a far-right group called the Oath Keepers, told the Los Angeles Times on Saturday that his members would "be out on Election Day to protect people who are voting." He said some would be carrying concealed weapons.

A QAnon-affiliated group has also been talking on Telegram, describing "heavily armed MAGA patriots" preparing for Election Day, according to the Times. The Times in turned cited the SITE Intelligence Group, which tracks extremists online.

Laws differ by state when it comes to whether you can bring a weapon to a polling site concealed, un concealed, or at all.

Openly carrying a firearm at a polling station could be interpreted as voter intimidation, which is illegal in the US.

Rhodes said if push came to shove, his members would draw their weapons.

Rhodes said he was worried about "the radical left" targeting voters. A Pew Research survey at the end of July found that Trump supporters were more likely than Biden supporters to prefer in-person voting this year.

"I'll be voting in person and so will everybody else I know, and I think the radical left knows that," Rhodes said.

Rhodes said that his group would report issues to the police initially but that he's "not confident police will do their job."

He said if his group noticed, for example, protesters at polling sites with guns, "we're going to intervene."

"We've done it before," he said. "If the cops are doing their job, we'll just stand by. If they're not, we'll step in."

Cassie Miller, a senior researcher with the Southern Poverty Law Center, told the Times that "chances are really high that we're going to see militia members, armed groups, or Trump supporters who are armed at the polls."

"Not only are these people willing to participate in voter intimidation, but they're hoping to create this chaotic moment," Miller said. "There's an unwillingness to accept anything but a Trump victory."

Devin Burghart, the executive director of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, told the Times that his group believed far-right groups would be standing by at polls in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin and that "the act of showing up armed is certainly a deterrent to folks showing up to vote."

Burghart said people could report such groups via his group's app, which is designed to alert local legal observers.

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Poop2
10/15/20 11:14:05 AM
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you should not be allowed to loiter at a polling place

this needs to be federal law
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Mezcla
10/15/20 11:14:45 AM
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Poop2 posted...
you should not be allowed to loiter at a polling place

this needs to be federal law
i thought you weren't already?

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UnholyMudcrab
10/15/20 11:15:34 AM
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hockeybub89
10/15/20 11:16:47 AM
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Dark_SilverX
10/15/20 11:17:51 AM
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Nice. I'll feel much safer to vote with private security around.

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pogo_rabid
10/15/20 11:17:51 AM
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They're the types that are gonna get my guns banned. Hopefully each and every one of them experiences not living before that happens

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Hexenherz
10/15/20 11:17:55 AM
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This is what Trump told them to do at the debates

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DarkChozoGhost
10/15/20 11:22:14 AM
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UnholyMudcrab posted...
Arrest every single one of them
Police are likely to help with their illegal and evil activities

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hockeybub89
10/15/20 11:23:30 AM
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CM_Ponch
10/15/20 12:12:53 PM
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Bump

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Poop2
10/15/20 12:14:01 PM
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Mezcla posted...
i thought you weren't already?
obviously you can.

i mean the police surely wouldnt just allow them to do that unchecked if it were.........
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Weezy_Tha_Don
10/15/20 12:14:22 PM
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I want to prevent the radical left from intimidating voters... do they not see the irony in that shit?

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ThunderTrain
10/15/20 12:14:55 PM
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There is no radical left its funny how stupid these people are lol

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VipaGTS
10/15/20 12:15:42 PM
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Republicans just cant win legitimately because theyre all, as their king puts it, failures and losers.

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hockeybub89
10/15/20 12:18:26 PM
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ThunderTrain posted...
There is no radical left its funny how stupid these people are lol
It's weird because I look at most Democrats and see a bunch of barely left centrists that spend way too much time trying to get the Republicans on their side.

Conservatives see a bunch of Marxists.

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Cornhuskers
10/15/20 12:19:34 PM
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Poop2 posted...
you should not be allowed to loiter at a polling place

this needs to be federal law

Guess who has been BLOCKING the new Voters Rights Act?
https://www.majorityleader.gov/content/house-democrats-restore-vote-hr-4-voting-rights-advancement-act
Steny Hoyer is 2nd in command to Pelosi, but the source is still good.
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littlebro07
10/15/20 12:24:56 PM
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I'll make sure to stop by to personally thank them for protecting me so I could vote for Biden

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CM_Ponch
10/15/20 12:27:54 PM
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littlebro07 posted...
I'll make sure to stop by to personally thank them for protecting me so I could vote for Biden
lmao

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MKScorpion
10/15/20 12:45:07 PM
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So blatant voter intimidation tactics...why is this allowed?
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NinjaWarrior455
10/15/20 12:46:05 PM
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MKScorpion posted...
So blatant voter intimidation tactics...why is this allowed?
Cause the Senate GOP and Barr are a bunch of cronies that allow this to happen.

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Poop2
10/15/20 12:49:23 PM
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NinjaWarrior455 posted...
Cause the Senate GOP and Barr are a bunch of cronies that allow this to happen.
treason is what it is
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Laserion
10/15/20 12:49:59 PM
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CM_Ponch posted...
Rhodes said that his group would report issues to the police initially but that he's "not confident police will do their job."

What do they classify as "issues" that need reporting?
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Ruvan22
10/15/20 12:51:43 PM
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Laserion posted...
What do they classify as "issues" that need reporting?

According to the article and his words, "leftist protesters with guns"
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davyheinz
10/15/20 12:52:08 PM
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Laserion posted...
What do they classify as "issues" that need reporting?
People voting for anyone but Trump and looking like a non-conservative.

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Laserion
10/15/20 12:55:04 PM
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davyheinz posted...

People voting for anyone but Trump and looking like a non-conservative.

So, are they going to be looking over voters' shoulders? Isn't the vote secret?
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davyheinz
10/15/20 1:10:42 PM
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Laserion posted...
So, are they going to be looking over voters' shoulders? Isn't the vote secret?
Your vote is secret. People still pull bullshit like trying to question somebodys identity to have them fill out a provisional ballot or they harass people outside. There are laws about organizing and promoting too close to polling stations, but people can still be like 300 feet away being a nuisance. If theyre really obstructing the polling stations like blocking driveways and shit, they should be arrested. Thats the basic gist of it all.

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DarkChozoGhost
10/15/20 1:58:55 PM
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davyheinz posted...
If theyre really obstructing the polling stations like blocking driveways and shit, they should be arrested. Thats the basic gist of it all.
They will be, and they won't be.

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Were_Wyrm
10/15/20 2:01:14 PM
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Black Panthers should also show up to make sure there's no shenanigans.

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Frisk
10/15/20 2:01:23 PM
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UnholyMudcrab posted...
Arrest every single one of them

This. This is a felony.

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Funkydog
10/15/20 2:03:07 PM
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Time to "just check" anyone isn't white to "just be safe" or anyone has a slight accent. Maybe have some Trump chants to foster that American spirit and make people realise who they should be voting for!

Really, "vote watching/checking" of any kind needs to be outright banned with jail time for anyone who does it. It's nothing but voter intimidation/suppression.

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g980
10/15/20 2:06:16 PM
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Intimidating voters to prevent voter intimidation

Hm
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Solar_Crimson
10/15/20 2:06:53 PM
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CM_Ponch posted...
Rhodes said he wanted to prevent "the radical left" from intimidating voters.
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Solar_Crimson
10/15/20 2:08:46 PM
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MKScorpion posted...
So blatant voter intimidation tactics...why is this allowed?
Trump encouraged them (and even outright had a recruitment) and the GOP is not holding him accountable for anything no matter how many laws he's broken.

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hockeybub89
10/15/20 4:11:10 PM
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Laserion posted...
What do they classify as "issues" that need reporting?
And what the fuck do they mean they don't trust the police? Who are they reporting to? What authority do they have?

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CM_Ponch
10/15/20 6:28:16 PM
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Bump

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KnightofShikari
10/15/20 6:44:48 PM
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people were saying there's nothing to worry about when trump said he needed people for "poll watching"

and now we've got potentially armed thugs looking to just intimidate anyone brown or liberal looking

and of course the police will most likely side with the "poll watchers" since other cops and their friends will be a part of the gang

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LightningAce11
10/15/20 6:46:29 PM
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At this point I wish there was a radical left, a marxist organisation and an underground antifa group just like these idiots fearmonger about so they can take each other out.
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CM_Ponch
10/16/20 1:34:13 AM
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Bumpo

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TheBabaYaga
10/16/20 10:40:13 AM
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