Listen up xoff, this is all about protecting voter integrity.

Finally, we will have a way for voters to feel safe at the polls after decades of bloodshed and intimidation by poor people and the uneducated trying to fulfill their illegitimate right to sustain a democracy that's not theirs to participate in.

Finally, we will have our own jack-booted thugs, good men and women who will decide who can vote and who cannot. So what if their only means of identifying the good guys is by the color of our skin and the new tread on the heels of our shoes?

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I didn't understand it was for our own good.

Let's pretend I am a Ward Chairman in Wisconsin, just for the sake of debating the intimidation factor.

Here goes...I have a bigger gun and mine's loaded.

I can have people arrested, and the police cannot question that arrest. They must comply, if the ward chairman says arrest this person...they get arrested, no questions asked. no investigations take place.
Police leave these arrests for the judge to decide, and the Ward Chair to defend.

I have never had a bad registration, an illegal vote cast, or a group who tried to take over the election. I've had a few groups walk in, wearing brightly colored vests, thinking they could in past elections...and they lasted all of two minutes and were sent on their way to the next attempted intimidation location.
I call the clerk and warn them of this roving band of bozos.

If anyone, observer or voter thinks they have free speech rights in a polling location....think again.
( There are NO FREE SPEECH RIGHTS in a polling location...for anyone...it's a quiet, private place. Your opinion ended 100' from the front door. DO NOT open your big mouth, or you may be arrested and charged with a felony)

If an observer talks to a poll worker or voter....think again.
( This is a felony to even attempt to interfere with a poll worker's duties. You only talk to the Ward Chairman....no one else, for any reason even if you want a name/address repeated. It's the law.)

If an observer wears something official looking...think again.
( Halloween was last week. Take it off or leave. Costumes are now outlawed.)

If an observer uses their cell phone....think again.
( I had better not hear one beep from any communications device in an observer's hand. Texting is OK now, but only non-audible operation of your device, or your entire group loses it's ability to text for the rest of the night. Don't even think about taking a photo with it. It will be confiscated and you will be arrested. Disability observers do have extended opportunities. Being stupid is not an equal opportunity on election day, there are no equal rights at a polling location. Just equal access to a blank ballot. )

If an observer touches an election document...think again.
( This is also now a felony. Poll workers must protect all documents. I would bite your fingers off, if I had the taste for it. Don't forget about an assault/batery charge.)

If an observer claims to be a lawyer...think again.
( There are no lawyers on election day. Just voters and oath taking election officials, and observers. There are no qualifiacations or authority for an observer. They are not special people, and no license is valid at a polling location, on election day. Only the poll workers oaths of office are valid.)

If an observer demands to have all 45 of their group with them...think again.
(The Ward Chair sets the number of observers...at their discretion..No debate on this one. If the chairman says one Dem and one GOP...that's all you get. This ward chairman allocates "X" number of empty seats, and that is all that is allowed. One chair per observer. I think 8 chairs is enough, for a ward of 2,000 people. The Ward Chairman rules. No questions. Non debatable. He speaks, you comply...silently.
One warning will be given only, then removal, by force if necessary, from the polling location.)

Hissy fits after your ejection, may result in a felony arrest of that observer/person who choses to intimidate a voter, interfere with the election and/or obstruct the processes of the election...and then just can't conatin themselves.
This also applies to voters who come in, and start screaming "save the grapes!."
The crazy, fresh from the woods- "low on lithium" voter, may find a judge considering their eligibility at the next election. We take names and addresses now, if disruptions occur.
We call them incidents.
It's not our right...it's our obligation to our oath of office, and to protect future elections from similar incidents.

Think again if you want to be a Activist Election Observer, with an Limbaugh/Hannity attitude.
You will follow the rules on election day. You have no options.
You signed your name and a legal disclaimer. You will be accountable.

I will make an example out of the first moron who challenges a voter over this Van Hollen lawsuit. If one does, I will ask the voter if they would like the person arrested and charged with felony voter intimidation. That is the law in Wisconsin. In all challenges, the challenger will immediately take an oath, under penalty of law that they can prove, with evidence, they know the voter is not eligible to vote at the location.
That goes for Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Turnips and VanHollerites.
Voters, themselves better keep their mouths shut too. Or you join that "lithium crowd" I mentioned above.

Any incident, I immediately call the clerk and notify them of my action. I am the only one allowed to use a cell phone in the polling location. So, I will beat you at that game, every time. And I will have witnesses.
Oath taking poll workers...you will have crazy activist partisans on your side. Guess who wins that one?

You will all have the greatest respect the voter's right to cast a ballot, period.

Voting rights trump every other right in the US Constitution...and you will not get away with anything on my watch....except your peaceful and respectful get out the vote effort, which is your only job as an observer. You must remember that the voters have granted you their kind permission to do that.
You are their guest on election day, and you will behave yourself...or face my and the state of Wisconsin's wrath. We created a new Elections Board to accomplish this.

Once you are accepted as an observer, does not mean you can stay, as long as you like. You may be replaced, at any time, with no reason. If a local ward voter wants to observe, say goodbye to your seat.
In my, pretend ward, if a high schooler walks in...they replace with....in a heartbeat.

Here's a great way to learn how to behave as an election observer.....
Act like there is a freshly dead US Soldier, in a casket...right next to you on election day. his uniform covered in medals, lots of Purple Hearts and Bronze Stars...and some stripes.
Let's pretend she's about 22 yrs old and not of the Caucasian persuasion. But she was born locally.
Your kids went to school with her.

It may help you keep a proper perspective on what voting is really all about.
It's quiet, it's a personal thing, it's a pro-community thing.
It is not confrontation, allegations and aggression. It is certainly not your soapbox.
Its' an environment of the highest decorum that is humanly possible.

You understand that? It is that simple.