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Crooks and Liars: Police called in to NY-23 polling stations because of voter intimidation by teabaggers!
News Hounds: Where's Fox News? Police Called In NY-23 Over Voter Intimidation
TPM Election Central: Report: Police Called To NY-23 Polling Sites...To Deal With Rowdy Hoffman-Backers
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Hilarious thread from last night as a winger in NY23 (maybe) tries to claim being threatened by Dems,then recants http://tinyurl.com/ygllreg 23 days ago |
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RT @Truth247: Curious how many of these ppl actually live in #NY23. Hoffman doesn't, so why should his "supporters" http://bit.ly/4GuPGr 23 days ago |
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Police Called To NY-23 Polling Sites. http://bit.ly/r0HR4 23 days ago |
Police called in to NY-23 polling stations because of voter intimidation by teabaggers!
Crooks and Liars —
The teabaggers are turning to threats and intimidation out there in NY-23 land.
Elizabeth Benjamin writes in the NY Daily News:
It's getting ugly out there.
I just got off the phone with former state Democratic Chairwoman June O'Neill, who informed me the police had been called to at least two polling sites in St. Lawrence County due to overzealous electioneering (O'Neill called it "voter intimidation") by Doug Hoffman supporters.
"We've gotten reports that people are standing there, covered with Hoffman stickers and ...
Where's Fox News? Police Called In NY-23 Over Voter Intimidation
News Hounds —
... noted, "The teabaggers are turning to threats and intimidation out there in NY-23 land" and cited this article from Elizabeth Benjamin in the NY Daily News: "It's getting ugly out there. I just got off the phone with former state Democratic Chairwoman June O'Neill, who informed me the police had been called to at least two polling sites in St. Lawrence County due to overzealous electioneering (O'Neill called it "voter intimidation") by Doug Hoffman supporters." Amato wrote, "Gee, I wonder if Fox News will cover this voter intimidation and try to make a national story out of it. ...
Report: Police Called To NY-23 Polling Sites...To Deal With Rowdy Hoffman-Backers
TPM Election Central —
... The New York Daily News reports that police were called to polling sites in St. Lawrence County, a Democratic area in the district, to deal with some rowdy Hoffman-backers. ...
Hullabaloo — ... when an African-American Hoffman worker walked by. “This guy’s with ACORN,” said Dewitt. “Definitely, not from around here,” said businessman Erik Dunk. Those ACORNs are a bunch of shiftless welfare queens who are disenfranchising Real Americans. Crooks and Liars has the goods. Oh wait: The teabaggers are turning to threats and intimidation out there in NY-23 land. Elizabeth Benjamin writes in the NY Daily News: It's ...
Police Called to NY-23 Polling Places
Little Green Footballs —
... The New York Daily News is reporting disturbances at some polling stations, apparently from anti-abortion “activists” who support Doug Hoffman: Police Called To NY-23 Polling Sites. ...
Dems call police in NY-23 over Hoffman supporters
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... Election laws usually prohibit campaigning within a certain distance from a polling location on Election Day. Usually, all it takes is a word to the precinct judges to get violations from overeager campaigners straightened out. Democrats in NY-23’s special election called the cops , as the New York Daily News’ Elizabeth Benjamin reports: I just got off the phone with former state Democratic Chairwoman June O’Neill, who informed me the police had been called to at least two polling sites in St. Lawrence County due to overzealous electioneering (O’Neill called it “voter ...
Heating Up?
Neptunus Lex —
Are things getting out of hand in NY-23?
I just got off the phone with former state Democratic Chairwoman June O’Neill, who informed me the police had been called to at least two polling sites in St. Lawrence County due to overzealous electioneering (O’Neill called it “voter intimidation”) by Doug Hoffman supporters.
Hoffman’s supporters – quite naturally – say, “no”:
(Apparently), the poll workers who are Owens supporters are doing the only thing ...
Surprise: No Voter Intimidation In NY-23
Snapped Shot —
Liberal bloggers have been frothing at the mouth over this story all day long:
I just got off the phone with former state Democratic Chairwoman June O'Neill, who informed me the police had been called to at least two polling sites in St. Lawrence County due to overzealous electioneering (O'Neill called it "voter intimidation") by Doug Hoffman supporters.
"We've gotten reports that people are standing there, covered with Hoffman stickers and yelling anti-choice stuff at voters," said O'Neill, a St. Lawrence native who has been running the ...
Police Called To NY-23 Polling Sites
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... Hoffman supporters. "We've gotten reports that people are standing there, covered with Hoffman stickers and yelling anti-choice stuff at voters," said O'Neill, a St. Lawrence native who has been running the party's GOTV effort for Bill Owens in NY-23. "Apparently, there's some woman claiming to be a commissioner," O'Neill continued. "Commissioner of what, I don't know. She's from Texas, I think, and she won't leave." "This is not the way we roll in the North Country." Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2009/11/...
NY-23: Waiting For Nine O'Clock...
Hotline On Call —
... Besides the usual election day hijincks -- a supporter of accountant Doug Hoffman (C) was apparently seen at a polling place "covered with Hoffman stickers and yelling anti-choice stuff at voters" -- things have been pretty quiet up in New York 23. ...
NY-23: Teabagger Voter Intimidation Reported
Firedoglake —
... Via John Amato, the teabagger activists in NY-23 are illegally intimidating local residents at the polls.
I just got off the phone with former state Democratic Chairwoman June O’Neill, who ...
Flee For Your Lives! Everyone Is Stealing the Elections!
The Moderate Voice —
... On election night, the usual silliness is already breaking out in the blogosphere regarding the few, closely watched races which will be closing in a few hours. There are claims that Democrats are being intimidated by rowdy Hoffman supporters in the NY 23 race, doing either “electioneering” or “intimidation” (depending on your preferences) inside the markers laid out by election law. Our friend Ed Morrissey ...
Hullabaloo — ... The campaign is pushing this story hard after a wave of morning reports that Hoffman’s grassroots supporters were misbehaving. Attacks on ACORN, and allegations that Democrats are trying to steal this election, have been striking components Hoffman’s hard-edged late-game messaging. ...
Election Day 2009: A good day for the GOP, but don't make too much of it
The Reaction —
... In NY-23, there seem to have been disruptions at the polls, notably by pro-Hoffman teabaggers. By the way, there's also a same-sex marriage vote in Maine, where turnout is high, and a domestic partnership vote in Washington. ...
