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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sat Nov 5, 2016, 01:08 PM Nov 2016

Democrats across nation sue GOP alleging voter intimidation

NEWARK, N.J. — Lawyers for Democrats around the country are filing lawsuits claiming Republicans and the campaign of GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump are pushing supporters to intimidate and confront voters on Election Day.

Trump has called on his supporters to act as “election observers” in certain areas of the country to help prevent fraud.

In Ohio, a federal judge on Friday issued a temporary restraining order against Trump’s campaign and his friend and informal adviser, Roger Stone, barring them from harassing or intimidating Ohio voters during Tuesday’s election.

Attorneys representing the Democratic Party argued Friday in New Jersey court that the GOP was coordinating with Trump to intimidate voters, accusations that the Republican Party says are not true in that state or in five other states where Democrats are waging similar battles.

http://www.heraldnet.com/news/democrats-across-nation-sue-gop-alleging-voter-intimidation/

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Democrats across nation sue GOP alleging voter intimidation (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2016 OP
This is where we need citizen journalists to record every instance of voter intimidation. NBachers Nov 2016 #1

NBachers

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1. This is where we need citizen journalists to record every instance of voter intimidation.
Sat Nov 5, 2016, 03:34 PM
Nov 2016

They all need to be uploaded to the local chapter Democratic Party.

Voter harassment violates terms of a consent decree under which Republicans have operated since 1982, when a court found the party menaced voters at polling places a year earlier.

The Democrats are attempting to get the courts to extend this decree for another eight years. It expires in 2017.

Information sent to the Democratic Party will help them prove voter intimidation, and continue the Consent Decree against the Republican Party.

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