PA/Philadelphia Republican reps. removed (from polling precincts)

[sabra]

Source: CNN

Philadelphia (CNN) – At least six Republican election board workers in Philadelphia were told to leave their polling precincts because they did not belong to the party in the majority and had not received a court order to work on election day, Philadelphia County Board of Elections Supervisor Bill Rubin confirmed.

Rubin said the Election Board requires a court order issued by the Commonwealth Court in Philadelphia for those workers who are not elected to the post.

"The same thing happens in every election," Rubin added. "These are mostly minority areas that are heavily Democratic and there isn't a lot of Republican representation."

But Bill Porritt, a spokesman for the McCain-Palin presidential campaign, said the campaign might seek legal action.

"Election board officials guard the legitimacy of the election process and the idea that Republicans are being intimidated and banned for partisan purposes does not allow for an honest and open election process," Porritt said Tuesday.

Rubin said the Republican workers were headed to the courthouse Tuesday morning, and that some had already been issued the court orders needed to allow them to start work immediately.

Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/11/04/paphiladelphia-republican-reps-removed/

[HeraldSquare212]

Yup, I had to get a court order to work the polls in Philadelphia when I lived there, so it's not .

about intimidation or partisanship, it's just the long-standing practice that some Republicans were too dumb to comply with.

[scytherius]

3. Ah. Good to know. Thanks! n/t

nt

[47of74]

4. That's the Republican mind-set in action

See, there's this Republican mind-set at play here. Regulations, laws, standard practices, and so on: those are for other people. Not for Republicans. Republicans are entitled to do things differently, or to be entitled to better in their minds. Our two resident neo-cons at work behave in exactly that manner.

[TrogL]

5. Welcome to the authoritarian mindset

They all act like that.

[GalleryGod]

6. I Agree! Nuff. Said.

Bah-stids!:nopity:
We were READY though!

[TechBear_Seattle]

1. Now there is a first! Republicans worried about "the legitimacy of the election process"

Surprising that they only get concerned when they are about to lose in a record landslide, isn't it? :eyes:

[Joe Chi Minh]

8. That's a good one, isn't it. Ha! Ha! He! He! Ho! Ho! they're coming to take them away, away; they're

coming to take them away!

Already trundled off in the yellow van with red wheels, the men in whte coats in attendance.

That should be the Democrats theme tune, after this election. "They came to take them away, away! Thy came to take them away."

[Triana]

2. Republican voter intimidators/bouncers....

... The only likely reason they want to be there is to challenge and intimidate voters.

[fascisthunter]

7. Message to Republicans: "Get Da F*ck Atta Heeya!"