Look at what was sitting outside of my polling place. I am SICKENED.

[LibraLiz1973]

It had started to rain a bit about 25 minutes before I got to the polling location. I could tell that this vehicle had been there for at least that long because underneath the car was dry. You had to WALK AROUND THIS (which if you look, you can see that the car is parked in front of the walkway- you had to walk across the grass because of this) to get in to the building where the voting was taking place. Once I started taking pictures, they left.

Meanwhile, none of the people at the Democratic table were complaining about it until I did. I was kind of surprised by that.

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Is it even legal to have that thing parked there?

[file83]

53. Absolutley not legal at all. All they have to do is ask that it be removed and

if they refuse, BAM!, arrested.

[nxylas]

2. Isn't that illegal?

I thought you weren't allowed to campaign within a certain distance of a polling place.

[Xenotime]

59. ARREST THAT PUG!! THIS IS FRAUD!!!

[onenote]

no its free speech.

Its unpleasant and in many ways despicable but arresting someone for it would be worse.

And it doesn't appear that the vehicle was violating rules about campaigning in proximity to a polling place since you can see Obama/Biden signs in the vicinity as well.

[Fluffdaddy]

74. No free speech in front of the polling place. Not here in Pa

[onenote]

76. then should the folks who put up the obama biden signs that can be seen in the picture

be arrested too?

Of course not. My bet is that those signs are perfectly legal. As is the truck.

The difference is that the truck is obnoxious and the signs aren't.

But free speech means having to put with obnoxious speech.

[eShirl]

3. isn't that sort of thing supposed to be a minimum distance from a polling place?

[LibraLiz1973]

10. I think in the parking lot apparently you can do that.

I am STILL flipping out. I didn't even get to vote yet because I got so upset and so pissed off, I had to leave.
Going back at 3

[eShirl]

19. but to the point of blocking the walkway?

[Lars39]

4. In TN you have to stay 100 feet back from the entrance to the building.

[cui bono]

24. Same in CA. Report thos mofos.

[northernsoul]

5. I don't think that's going to persuade anybody

Disgusting? Yes. But not worth getting too worried about. Just laugh at the poor, deluded fool and vote. Others will do likewise.

[LibraLiz1973]

16. If you were handicapped and needed to use the ramp right there,

it may well have put you off.

It's a problem.

[John Q. Citizen]

68. Absolutely. You did the right thing.

who would park blocking access to the walk way to the building? Only a self absorbed asshole would do such a thing.

If you find them back at 3 when you vote, call the cops first, then meet them with your pictures from previous blockage.

[jobycom]

34. Call FOX. As much as they are pushing the Black Panther story, they should cover this, too.

[hedgehog]

6. How close to the polling site was it? In New York, you're not allowed to campaign

within about 150 feet of the polling place, and there are signs outside marking that boundary!

[LibraLiz1973]

18. The entrance was about 40 feet away

[eShirl]

22. it looks closer than that in the photo

[LibraLiz1973]

29. Where you see those people standing is not the entrance

you have to walk up the walkway a bit before turning right.

[onenote]

71. since you can also see obama/biden signs, my guess is that it isn't in violation

of any rules restricting campaigning within a certain distance of the polls.

[no_hypocrisy]

7. Illegality aside, it might have the opposite effect on Undecideds.

They may now want Obama as their President with a fierce determination.

[MarianJack]

8. If it's too close to the polling place,...

...don't they have to move it?

Think that after tonight, that idiot will have to clean that piece of shit!

[TrogL]

9. Can you read the plate number?

[cliffordu]

11. Nothing a can of gasoline and a road flare wouldn't cure.....

Why do I think all these idiots are simply racists dressed up as.....something else...?

[Razoor]

12. I would raise hell about that

that would seriously piss me off. I figured you couldnt have no campaign gear near any polling precient? bunch of lies!!

[LibraLiz1973]

I FLIPPED OUT

which is why it got moved.

He was about 6 feet further out than all the of campaign signs, so the Polling Judge felt it was ok for him to park there.
I've seen the car around before, never the thing hitched to the back. I guarantee that they just drove off to another polling
station to put that SHIT on display.

[eShirl]

30. "it got moved."

ah. ok. nevermind.

[LibraLiz1973]

35. Sorry, I should have elaborated. When I say it got moved, I mean, they left.

I don't know if he came back or what

[rainy]

13. what state are you in. This is totally illegal and has to be removed now!!!

[LibraLiz1973]

31. PA, Delaware County

[PetrusMonsFormicarum]

14. All for nought.

[HughMoran]

15. You have to wonder if it doesn't sicken possible McCain voters

DO they really want to be associated with the radical right-wing Republicans?

Republicans are whackos!

[davepc]

17. Thats President-Elect Barack HUSSEIN Obama to that jerk off.

[Mz Pip]

20. Victory is the best revenge

against turds like this.

[Overseas]

K&R for the voter suppression file. Miscellaneous obstruction.

Vehicles probably drove into position after poll workers were already inside, so they didn't know.

And left once you took some photos, eh?

Miscellaneous obstruction file. I don't really know what the legality is. Perhaps they don't either since the Van of McPanic sped away so soon.

[Callalily]

21. That vehicle should be

moved. Far too close to the polling place. Totally illegal!

And the polling people didn't object? Here one has to take a class in order to work at polling locations.

[LibraLiz1973]

38. I live in one of those Rethug strongholds.

You know, the kind where you HAVE to register Republican if you are going to work anywhere within
the township.

The first time I registered, in 1991, I registered as a Republican.
Never got called for jury duty even one time... until 2004, when I went and
re-registered as a DEM. Since then, I've been called for jury duty so many times, it boggles the mind.
Same thing happened to my mom and my sister.

[GreenEyedLefty]

23. Looks like a fire lane violation to me.

Surely this didn't sway anyone. And if it did, oh well.

[Sebastian Doyle]

25. So what's in the trailer?

I'll bet it's the driver's girlfriend.........

[47of74]

77. Probably a whole bunch of moonshine and other illegal substances.

[City Lights]

26. "Liar & lack of experience" sums up McPalin nicely!

Seriously though, they can't block the walkway. Someone needs to call the cops.

[Janice325]

27. Where are you located, i.e., what state?

I would think someone here would know the appropriate contacts regarding this asshole's vehicle.

[LibraLiz1973]

33. PA- Delaware County

[lunatica]

28. Jesus! A huge gas guzzler to boot!

It won't move anyone at all. The voters are already decided.

[spanone]

32. america is going to 'wake up' just not how this bigot wants it to

[Lerkfish]

36. jesus christ on a trailer hitch

well, its over, McCain has the dangerously psychotic vote all in the bag!

oh noes!

[greenmutha]

37. Send those pics to the Obama campaign! Here's a link:

[e-mail]

Here's the link to report problems with voting:

http://my.barackobama.com/page/s/vpcreport

[LibraLiz1973]

41. Thank you for that! I just reported it and sent the pix

[MarthaMyDear]

39. OMG that's awful!

[poverlay]

40. If that retarded little trailer is all they've got here's what you do: Go rent the biggest Uhaul

you can. If you know someone with something bigger, great. Decorate "Liberally", and follow him around all day! It will soooo piss him off, make people laugh and prove that Obama is better.

Or...

You can always ignore it. It's not going to convince anyone who wasn't a hateful, ignorant bigot in the first place. The only effect it will tryly have is to push our supporters more firmly to our side and harden our resolve.

Hang in there. Obama's going to win and there's nothing that asshole and all of his friends can do about THAT!!!

[Sulawesi]

42. Am I the only one that things "Wake up America" is a tacit admission of defeat?

[Island Blue]

43. You should have left a note on the windshield saying

"That's PRESIDENT Barack Hussein Obama to you, mofo."

[seafan]

44. More desperate Republican tactics

Man Parks Manure Near Democrats’ Campaign Office

11-04-08
AP News

BUTTE – Democrats are criticizing a 38-year-old man who parked a trailer load of manure across the street from Whitehall's Democratic campaign office to protest presidential hopeful Barack Obama.

Terry Reed, who owns a construction and excavation company in Whitehall, parked the trailer near the office on Saturday. He also posted a sign in the manure mocking Obama's "change we can believe in" slogan as "a load of crap."

"I think Obama's plan is just one big old poop sandwich and we're all going to have to take a bite," he said.

Suzanne Molyneaux, the Obama campaign's election team leader in Whitehall, said traffic came to a near standstill as people stopped to take pictures of the trailer.

"People in Whitehall were upset, they were outraged," she said. "I don't think Whitehall should be represented as this podunk, ignorant community. There are lots of good people here."

Reed said he doesn't plan to move the trailer until after Election Day.

"My only regret is that I didn't do something sooner," he said.

(Hat tip to unknown DU'er for finding this.)

[burythehatchet]

45. I would be lobbing eggs at it all day long.

[paparush]

46. In NC, you have to bee 100' away from the entrance to the polling place.

[coalition_unwilling]

47. Some good news to counter that. I was at my local precinct at

6:45 a.m. this morning, 15 minutes before polls opened. (Polling place in Mar Vista, California at intersection of Venice Blvd and Beethoven St.)

About 7:15, a yellow school bus pulled up to the stop light. All the kids on the bus looked to be elementary-school aged.

They had several windows on the bus open and were yelling "Obama" at people standing in line outside the polling station. In addition, several of the kids had hand-drawn Obama signs on notebook paper and were holding them up to the windows of the school bus.

It is one of the cutest things I have ever seen in any election and made my heart soar. People standing in line took it in good humor too (except for the old bastard in front of me in line who muttered, "That's illegal" -- about a bunch of little kids, no less :)

On edit: I was posting on DU when this happened on my cell phone and did not happen to have the presence of mind to snap a photo of this with my cell phone camera. I really wish I had. It was SOO CUTE!

[SweetieD]

48. typical wingnut garbage. I doubt this will sway anyone.

[Doctor_J]

49. Get a few healthy young people and

tip them the fuck over. These people are not going to stop until we stand up to them

[Hepburn]

50. Nice picture of the license plate...

...wonder who it traces to? :evilgrin:

[2bfree]

51. Ugh.

That is the sign of some one who is bat shit crazy!

[1776Forever]

52. Report them here - link

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=7747653&mesg_id=7747653

[LibraLiz1973]

64. I reported and sent pix to the Obama campaign

:)

[truedelphi]

81. People like you that live in the heavily repug areas make my heart sing

It is just so easy to be progressive in Calif (except maybe Orange County and a few other places.)

What you are doing is great. Kudos for staying encouraged. ANd making them take notice that they are not in the right, no matter how "Right WIng" they are.

[Hawkeye-X]

54. Obstruction..

Someone needs to call the tow truck and have it taken away, the owner arrested for obstruction and electioneering near the polling place.

[kestrel91316]

55. Clear violation of federal electioneering laws.

[onenote]

73. which law in particular

[goodgd_yall]

56. What a bunch of complacent poll workers

As others are stating---it's illegal.

[Janice325]

57. If you want to pursue it further I found some phone numbers for

you from Daily Kos, under Obama Voter Protection, call 1-877-US-4OBAMA (1-877-874-6226. Or, there are 3 Obama Regional Field Offices for your county: Chester City: 484-484-3212, Media: 484-442-8004, and Upper Darby: 610-564-4520.

Good luck if you try to pursue this further. The asshole schmuck probably thinks he's intimidating folks with that pile of shit he's driving around with.

[Ozma]

58. My friend has his car parked in a parking lot across the street from

a voting place, with the CHANGE WE NEED sign in the windshield facing across the street to the polls.

The police covered the window with paper, so no one can see it.

There's a rule in my state about 200 feet away, his car is 220 feet away.

[Janice325]

61. Well, I guess it's a good thing all the cops did was cover the

window with paper. Maybe they were Obamacops, i.e., Cops Supporting Obama. :)

[Patchuli]

60. That's illegal, it's electioneering within

a few hundred feet of a polling place. That jackass needs to go to the gray house. Asshole...

We're pollwatchers today and we aren't even allowed so much as a Obama button. Tonight will be a different
matter though!

[onenote]

72. what about the obama/biden signs in the picture

The truck is obnoxious but I don't see how it could be illegal unless the other signs in the picture also are violations.

[fencesitter]

62. assholes

Williams?! that's here in PA.

[LibraLiz1973]

65. Yep, Delaware County to be exact!

[bobd0]

63. You need to call the NC State Board of Elections right NOW. Here are the numbers.

Main Number: [phone] or [phone]

[LibraLiz1973]

66. I am in PA.

And about to head back to the polls. If it is there, you may well see me next on CNN, because I am going to go apeshit.

[WinkyDink]

67. Ah, the satisfaction of seeing another breakdown in the making.

[LibraLiz1973]

69. LOL!

[RCinBrooklyn]

70. The license plate # is visible. Report it and provide the evidence.

[onenote]

75. the truck is obnoxious, but I don't see how it is doing anything illegal

According to other posts in this thread, its not blocking access to the polling place. And since you can see other candidate signs in the same picture even closer to the building -- including Obama/Biden signs -- it wouldn't seem to be in violation of "proximity" laws.

Its obnoxious, but free speech can be obnoxious sometimes. But its not illegal from what I can see.

[justiceischeap]

82. If you look closely at the first picture, it looks like the trailer is blocking handicap parking. nt

[onenote]

83. okay, but that's not an election law violation

which is what many posts here have claimed.

If its blocking handicapped parking or access, then it should be ticketed and towed (as should any vehicle doing such).

[codjh9]

78. What outrageous fucking assholes! I would've marked that up with a magic marker, or

gasoline and a match (well, ok, maybe I'd only LIKE to do that, but dammit!...)... I hope they're pukin' in their grits in the morning.

[BrightKnight]

79. He appears to be blocking handicapped parking spaces! - n/t

[rvablue]

80. PLEASE....GO BACK AGAIN AROUND 5PM

at the time when the lines will get long again, and to re-use one of my favorite lines from the movie "Signs", SNAP AWAY LIBRALIZ73, SNAP AWAY! (If you've never seen it, watch it this weekend and it'll make you cry!!)

It was awesome what you accomplished the first time. We all know assholes like this are in essence cowards and because what they were doing was maybe within the letter of the law, you're picture taking made them scurry away like rats....please go back and use your flashbulb to scare them back into the gutter again.

SNAP AWAY, LIBRALLIZ73, SNAP AWAY!!!

[LibraLiz1973]

84. I'm going back right at 6pm - I was there at 3:45. he wasn't there

But I AM continuing to look and I will start something if he shows back up and parks that close