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shraby

(21,946 posts)
Thu Oct 16, 2014, 07:51 PM Oct 2014

I expect some people to try to disrupt the election by throwing up at polling places.

I don't know if polling places have prepared for this eventuality but plans should be made. I don't even know how they would cover this if it happens.

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I expect some people to try to disrupt the election by throwing up at polling places. (Original Post) shraby Oct 2014 OP
Charge them with criminal mischief if it can be demonstrated they did it on purpose. Electric Monk Oct 2014 #1
They might be hard to take into custody. There is always the chance the threat is real, shraby Oct 2014 #2
the would cover it with vo-ban vomit absorbant HereSince1628 Oct 2014 #3
Aren't they cutting back on polling places in schools because of the idiots who like to shoot shraby Oct 2014 #5
maybe -they- are...my polling place remains an elementary school HereSince1628 Oct 2014 #15
I like the way you think. lumberjack_jeff Oct 2014 #4
After watching how O'Keefe works I could easily extrapolate to something he might think up to shraby Oct 2014 #7
It'd be more effective at the conservative leaning ones. lumberjack_jeff Oct 2014 #8
I realize that conservatives are more fearful, but after the fear mongering on t.v. shraby Oct 2014 #10
Yeah, I know. lumberjack_jeff Oct 2014 #11
Oh your serious. yeoman6987 Oct 2014 #6
First you have to catch them, and that might be difficult in the confusion that would follow such shraby Oct 2014 #9
FFS, what the hell is wrong with you? nt Logical Oct 2014 #12
Better to think ahead and have solutions at hand than bang one's head on the desk. shraby Oct 2014 #13
LOL, well someone had to say it. FSogol Oct 2014 #14
6-1 to leave. Couldn't agree more. n/t cherokeeprogressive Oct 2014 #16
Thanks for the results! nt Logical Oct 2014 #17
Game over man, Game over! FSogol Oct 2014 #18

shraby

(21,946 posts)
2. They might be hard to take into custody. There is always the chance the threat is real,
Thu Oct 16, 2014, 08:00 PM
Oct 2014

and who wants to grab someone who might be loaded with ebola viri and just wants to make sure he/she votes before they die. Slim chance but it's there.
The most likely scenario is someone just disrupting the voting and with the panic it would cause a situation where it would be easy to disappear and not get caught.

HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)
3. the would cover it with vo-ban vomit absorbant
Thu Oct 16, 2014, 08:06 PM
Oct 2014

if the polling place is in a school, it's already in one of the janitor closets

shraby

(21,946 posts)
5. Aren't they cutting back on polling places in schools because of the idiots who like to shoot
Thu Oct 16, 2014, 08:10 PM
Oct 2014

people at schools?
I think the people in charge of polling places should think about what can be done just in case to minimize the disruptions.

shraby

(21,946 posts)
7. After watching how O'Keefe works I could easily extrapolate to something he might think up to
Thu Oct 16, 2014, 08:15 PM
Oct 2014

further his ambitions. He's dirty enough to set something like that up at particular polling places that are highly Democratic leaning.

 

lumberjack_jeff

(33,224 posts)
8. It'd be more effective at the conservative leaning ones.
Thu Oct 16, 2014, 08:17 PM
Oct 2014

Maybe some plastic vomit on the floor of the Mercer Island polling places. It would shut down the whole place until Buffy and her "service yorkie" were satisfied that the hazmat team got the whole thing.

shraby

(21,946 posts)
10. I realize that conservatives are more fearful, but after the fear mongering on t.v.
Thu Oct 16, 2014, 08:20 PM
Oct 2014

many more will be scared. I'm not talking plastic vomit, there are substances to drink that will make a person upchuck within a short period of time.

 

lumberjack_jeff

(33,224 posts)
11. Yeah, I know.
Thu Oct 16, 2014, 08:23 PM
Oct 2014

But plastic vomit is as deep into O'Keefe-ism as I'm willing to go regardless of how much more effective the real thing would be.

Besides, the Mercer Islanders I know would never get close enough to be able to tell the difference.

 

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)
6. Oh your serious.
Thu Oct 16, 2014, 08:14 PM
Oct 2014

I thought at first it was for those who have to vote for Governor in Florida. I know many taking their barf bags along for that chore. As for your serious tread, charge them with murder.

shraby

(21,946 posts)
9. First you have to catch them, and that might be difficult in the confusion that would follow such
Thu Oct 16, 2014, 08:17 PM
Oct 2014

an event.
The t.v. machine is doing it's part to make more and more people afraid and apt to panic.

shraby

(21,946 posts)
13. Better to think ahead and have solutions at hand than bang one's head on the desk.
Thu Oct 16, 2014, 08:29 PM
Oct 2014

The republicans appear to try everything to keep people from voting. They just might see an opportunity here.

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