Does anyone think the Trump voters will try to intimidate voters at the polls?

[redstatebluegirl]

I think it is a legitimate concern after all of the incidents of intimidation of people, like me, with Hillary stickers or yard signs. What should we do if we witness it in November? Shouldn't the polls be ready for it?

[mwrguy]

1. They will get their ass beat if they try

[Warpy]

3. They'll also get arrested.

Well, they will around here. Polls here are quite strict.

[GWC58]

4. Oh I'm sure

some will try. I won't be intimidated! I don't think that will happen where I'm at.

[chillfactor]

2. I will be 75 in September....

I have voted for 54 years..this is the first time I have been afraid to put up a Clinton/Kaine yard sign or stickers on my van for fear of some idiotic retribution from some dumb-ass, slimy, cowardly t-rump supporters.

[redstatebluegirl]

5. My husband asked me to take it off of my car but I refused.

He is afraid of the gun carrying Trumpers here in Oklahoma.

[virgogal]

7. I just turned 81. This is happening on both sides of the fence.

It's a mean spirited election.

[greytdemocrat]

18. !00% Correct.

[GWC58]

10. 1964?

Was that your first election? LBJ! I was six that year. It's a shame we're being made to feel this way. Is this nation a "Banana Republic" or what? That is a direct result of tRump. The media needs to be held to account after the election! I salute you, sir.

[sarae]

6. I'm sure some will try although voter intimidation is illegal.

Look what this idiot Trump supporter posted on Twitter:

Harry Miller
?@jackbgoode1
Florida we gonna landslide TRUMP....wear'n red at polls... We gonna be watch'n fer shenanigans...& haul ya away..



https://twitter.com/jackbgoode1/status/766827980840505344/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

ETA: That's from this article, which has other examples of Trump people already planning for it. They're all planning on wearing red so they can identify each other:

http://lawnewz.com/important/these-tweets-prove-trump-is-already-inspiring-supporters-to-use-disturbing-voter-intimidation-tactics/

[Gothmog]

8. Democrats will be prepared

If these people are directly associated with Trump, then they are covered by an injunction that the Democrats have kept in place since 1982. http://electionlawblog.org/?p=85289

In the consent decree, “The RNC agreed that the RNC, its agents, servants, and employees would be bound by the Decree, ‘whether acting directly or indirectly through other party committees.” Does Trump count as the RNC’s agent in these circumstances? They are certainly acting in concert, and it is plausible to argue that Trump and the RNC are agents of each other for purposes of this election. Also, the activity Trump is talking about engaging violate the consent decree? One thing the consent decree says is that they must:

(e) refrain from undertaking any ballot security activities in polling places or election districts where the racial or ethnic composition of such districts is a factor in the decision to conduct, or the actual conduct of, such activities there and where a purpose or significant effect of such activities is to deter qualified voters from voting; and the conduct of such activities disproportionately in or directed toward districts that have a substantial proportion of racial or ethnic populations shall be considered relevant evidence of the existence of such a factor and purpose…

If this activity violates the consent decree, the DNC can ask for it to be extended for up to another 8 years.

I have been busy recruiting good democrats to be poll workers. The best thing that one can do to protect the vote is to work as an election worker. A good democrat serving as an election judge, assistant election judge or poll worker can do a great deal to protect the vote. Poll watchers are a poor substitute for having someone work the election as a poll worker

[maryellen99]

9. I'm more worried about what's going to happen when/if they call the election for Hillary

I'm laying low the next couple of days after.

[HipChick]

12. Much of them are blowhard cowards...

A Trump supported tried to assault me a couple of weeks ago...I'm small built lady, when I turned around to confront him, he sped off..

[Dreamweaver 5.0]

11. They are all blowhards.

Would love to see one of them get in between me and a ballot box.

Not a violent man but they would wake up with a crowd around them.

[Golden Raisin]

13. I will be more concerned about his followers

if he loses. They are a volatile tinderbox of violence waiting to explode in the streets. His campaign has already laid the groundwork by harping in advance that the election is "rigged".

[2naSalit]

21. I expect the same behavior

if he wins. They have no real direction, they will raise a fit either way because they have been given permission to be like that.

[ananda]

14. Yes

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[Coyotl]

15. I don't think so, but they sure want to make people think so to suppress voting.

The battle is in the minds of the people, at the end of the day. I think Trump is doing a better job of registering liberal voters than anything I've seen in my long lifetime.

[suston96]

16. Intimidate? Yes in many ways.....

But the most common way is by cutting down in numbers of polling stations in each precinct.

....especially in poorer areas where the voters would have to stand in long lines for long periods of time.

Republicans control most of the precincts in the country.....

[tblue37]

19. Yes, some will. It will get ugly. nt

[obliviously]

20. I am worried they will use powerful hypnotic light

and mobs will march to the polls droning Trump Trump!