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2. I have been asking, too. I should be able to call cops, tell them I want to vote and I do not feel

Sat Oct 17, 2020, 07:00 PM

Oct 2020

safe with guns. I want them there to make sure I am safe to vote. I have the legal right and they are stopping me.

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What are the legal options if you feel intimidated by RW poll watchers? [View all] NickB79 Oct 2020 OP

Be sure you get good video of them with a face view. Beachnutt Oct 2020 #1

I believe you would be entitled to tell him to fuck off. BKDem Oct 2020 #3

I am glad I don't live there! BigmanPigman Oct 2020 #4

I live in a very red area but when I voted early the other day blueinredohio Oct 2020 #11

That's an interesting rule. BigmanPigman Oct 2020 #12

That makes sense. BigmanPigman Oct 2020 #17

Poll Watchers ARE NOT to speak to any voters. MagickMuffin Oct 2020 #13

It wasn't a poll watcher it was a poll worker blueinredohio Oct 2020 #14

Okay, I see that now, in Texas we generally are referred to as clerks MagickMuffin Oct 2020 #18

This was posted late last month might be worth a look. Sherman A1 Oct 2020 #5

There are hotlines set up. mn9driver Oct 2020 #6

Go vote early, however your state does that. Jirel Oct 2020 #7

There were some at early voting in VA wryter2000 Oct 2020 #10

What do gun carrying poll watchers think they will be able to do? Ohioboy Oct 2020 #8

The dem party probably has a voter helpline wryter2000 Oct 2020 #9

Poll watcher are inside and can't carry weapons mcar Oct 2020 #16

I have done election protection work for years: Botany Oct 2020 #19

Just look past them and go in and vote. MineralMan Oct 2020 #20

From ACLU Niagara Oct 2020 #21