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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not probably. Definitely.

Voted for Miranda today![/quote]

I thought Mary was a little nutty to have sent the email last week about harvesting votes. But then I saw this in Miranda's latest newsletter where she all but admits her campaign will be doing that: "Just as we wouldn't hesitate to drive a voter to the polls, we likewise will be prepared to supply internet through a hotspot and answer questions about the process, while otherwise encouraging voters to vote on their own devices".

Miranda is a one-issue candidate whose one-issue won't even be relevant by fall when schools are fully open. [/quote]

Oh wow! Is that legal? 
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Probably technically legal, but still shady AF. Generally people have to stay a certain distance away from someone else who's casting a vote, but I doubt Miranda's team of roving vote seekers will do that. Are they planning to post up at The Lot and harangue people to vote?  [/quote]

My question is how did Kadera's campaign know that Turner would solicit voters on the street to vote in their presence? This seems oddly specific to complain about.
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DP.  I think it's entirely possible they did.

But for every person who is opposed to a campaign trying to facilitate participation in the caucus, assuming there is no vote tampering going on (and there's no evidence there is), what is your actual objection?  Did you object back in November when campaigns coordinated food and water donations to people waiting in long voter lines?  Do you object to campaigns sending out information to prospective voters on how to make sure they're registered and what to do if someone challenges their right to vote at the polls?  Do you object to local political parties offering free rides to polls provided by volunteers to people who otherwise might not be able to get to their voting site on election day?

These are all things that Democrats do every election, and we support those efforts because it encourages people to vote and reduces barriers to participation.  If either of the candidates is trying to help facilitate participation, particularly in a caucus that will effectively decide the election in an atypical year where many people may not understand how to participate, that's not a bad thing.  Let's not presume malicious intent just because we prefer the other candidate.[/quote]

Wow, okay, have you heard of the concept of voter intimidation? The practice of having a partisan actor influence someone [u]as they vote[/u] is considered so toxic and so undermining to the legitimacy of elections and civil rights that it has been made criminal.

Standing next to someone as a poll watcher while they vote? A crime! 
Campaigning for or against a candidate within 30-200 feet of where someone votes, depending on the state? A crime!

Is it a crime to do the things you list above? Nope nope nope nope. The corroding impact of "voter intimidation" on the legitimacy of elections is the difference. P.S. you can't always point to someone and say, "you intimidated that voter! We're going to punish you!" A voter may intend to approach a school board voting site and then look around at everyone's campaign shirts, and think, gee, I wanted to vote for the other candidate but now I'm uncomfortable, so I'm either going to walk away, or vote for someone I didn't want to vote for. That's why the criminal law doesn't care about proving that intimidation happened - instead, there are strict rules that say, no campaign signs within a certain number of feet, no poll watchers within an enclosed voting area. Etc. etc.

https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/field_pdf_file/kyr-voterintimidation-v03.pdf

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