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October 23, 2004
| Florida Kerry Supporters Bully And Intimidate Republican Voters

The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports on Democratic bullying in Florida’s early voting:

One woman who voted early in Boca Raton, at the Southwest County Regional Library, complained that as she stood in line, two men behind her were “trashing our president,” Fletcher said, declining to identify the woman. She tried to ignore them. Then the man touched her arm and said, “Who are you voting for?”

“I said, `I don’t think that’s an appropriate question,’” the woman said she responded.

“Uh oh! We have a Bush supporter here,” screamed the man behind her.

For the 2 1/2 hours she had to wait in line, she was heckled by the man. As they neared the voting room, someone in the rear of the line yelled, “I sure hope everyone here is voting for Kerry!” she reported.

That’s when the man behind her held his hand over her head and screamed, “We have a Republican right here!” There were “boos and jeers” from the crowd.

“I felt intimidated, harassed and threatened!” the woman wrote in her complaint to the Republican Party.

From California Yankee.



Posted by Dan Spencer at October 23, 2004 09:26 AM | TrackBack
Comments

Forget the intimidation. Isn’t it illegal to campaign within so many feet of a polling center? Wouldn’t screaming “I hope everyone here is voting for Kerry” qualify as campaigning?

Posted by: TBox [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 23, 2004 12:32 PM

I agree. If that behavior isn’ “electioneering” within 100 feet of a polling place, what is?

Of course, the problem may well be trying to get it enforced.

Posted by: Karl [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 24, 2004 02:15 PM

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