Isn\'t this illegal?

Vid, isn\'t this illegal in your state?  

There is a polling station right behind Al Gore.  These photos were taken on Sunday by a friend of mine in Tallahassee.  Apparently, Kerry workers were busing people in and giving them "free" lunches in order to vote.  I thought the area aound a polling center was neutral territory and not to mention giving people free lunches to try and persuade voters...

Free lunches and Kerry paraphenalia:

This election is going to make 2000 look like a student council election.  There are going to be court challenges all over the place.

I think the "neutral territory" only applies to election day.  On any other day, it may be a public place.

No I believe it clearly says that there is a 50 foot cone leading to polling places regardless of the day.  I don\'t live in Florida so I don\'t know - but here in AL and GA that is the law regardless if someone is voting early or not.

My friend also told me that a few of those very same people you see in the picture, stood over his shoulder at the voter registration table to see if he was registered a Democrat or a Republican - and once they saw he was a Republican they started criticising him.  A call was made to police, but they backed off when the police showed up.  That definitely is illegal.  Like I said this turning into a circus.

How could they be voting at a polling place this early?  I understand voting by mail and so forth, but I thought all in-person voting had to be conducted on 11/2.  Is this somehow different in Florida?

In California voting occurs on 11/2, and there are no cones or signs prohibiting campaign advertising in the vicinity for the rest of the year.

If they can get away with stealing the 2000 election in Florida I am scared to see what they will do this year.

Yah, Cored is right, at least about California.  Florida may be different ... They seem to be the exception to all the rules when it comes to voting properly or otherwise.  

Early voting shall begin on the 15th day before an election and end on the day before an election. - That is what I dug up on Florida.  Early voting began here in AL last week as well as GA.

Only 31 states have early voting and most of those apply the same rules for early voting as they do for regular voting.  Polling places are supposed to be non partisan wouldn\'t you agree?

Originally posted by Black Samurai
If they can get away with stealing the 2000 election in Florida I am scared to see what they will do this year.

Once again - who stole what election?  Recount after recount shows that Bush won or didn\'t you read that?  The Democrats are notorious for stealing elections.  

I feel this whole 2004 election is being held in Chicago.  From the "Vote or Die" to the ACORN voter fraud drives... er I mean registration drives. :rolleyes:

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They\'ve been voting for well over a week now in Florida.

You can\'t have signs within 50\' of the door.  That is why you usually see people with signs picketing at the entrance of the drive up.

Bussing people in is something I\'d heard of in the past.  More power to them.  I assume republicans do the same thing.  Although most republicans can afford to own cars

The lunches are non partisan.

This is how things are probably going to be for a long long time.  This could be every four years.  So sad.

Originally posted by videoholic
They\'ve been voting for well over a week now in Florida.

You can\'t have signs within 50\' of the door.  That is why you usually see people with signs picketing at the entrance of the drive up.

Hmmm Al Gore is about 10 feet away from that door.  This is sad.

[videoholic]

I know.  Can you vote on Sundays?

Apparently in Tallahassee you could last Sunday.  Florida does indeed have some strange laws.

[videoholic]

Oh, it was yesterday.  

So the Al Gore thing happened on Sunday when there was no voting, but it was at a voting location.

Originally posted by videoholic
Oh, it was yesterday.  

So the Al Gore thing happened on Sunday when there was no voting, but it was at a voting location.

I made a mistake - No it happened on Sunday - I keep thinking today is Monday (I was off yesterday doh!) and there was voting on Sunday with Al Gore there.