Reply #404: That is what jumped right out at me, and I'm no Legal Eagle...

[rasputin1952]

but I find it very difficult to see how not showing an ID is somehow, "did knowingly cause a disturbance/disorderly conduct to wit: acts in a violent or tumultuous manner toward another, placing such person(s) in fear of safety".

I am not privy to precisely what happened, but not showing ID, is non-compliant at worst; a threat is akin to something like gestures of bringing harm upon someone, or verbally stating your "going to kick ass" of something that purveys threat, or can be seen as purveying a threat.

This arrest can do one thing, it can bring to light what a county or state is doing to suppress voting, and if this is "one sided", the county/state should be held liable.

FWIW, on another aspect, I have always been required to sign my name before voting, there might be a question of "refusing" to sign vs not being "permitted" to sign, because of not presenting ID. Here in my county, we don't have Voter ID cards, although I've had them every other place I've ever lived and voted.

In any case, the law can be challenged, as there has been an arrest and charges. (IMO, any judge worth his salt would throw this out).

Now, on a personal level on arrests at a polling place. I was on the Mohave County Board of Elections as a Poll Worker, and we told very distinct rules we were to follow on a host of items. One of them was that there was to be no electioneering within the boundaries we set up w/tape, (75 feet at the time). A group of reagan supporters showed up, and walked right up to the door and began chanting and using a bullhorn and signs to push Reagan. I asked them to leave, and we were instructed to avoid confrontation. We had a number to the Dept of Public Safety, (State Patrol), and I went in and called the hotline. Within 5 minutes the SP pulled up, and w/o saying more than, "you are under arrest for violation of '_______________'", they placed the signs and bullhorn in the trunks, placed the offenders in the patrol cars and took them downtown where they were booked into jail' Best part is, they did this before they voted! Needless to say I was impressed, and also took my job very seriously. I would have done the same thing if D's had been so blatant, but I don't expect such behavior from civilized people, so seeing D's do something like this was pretty well out of the question...:D