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a_greer
11-07-2006, 10:55 AM
a few representatives from a major party were in front of the polling place disibuting literature and talking...no big deal, but then they were blocking traffic and standing in parking spots...I combated this tactic by not rolling my windows down and just driving (slowly) through their little blockade...when you don't stop, it is amazing how fast slime can move!

this is a minor one...but I wonder if any other stuff happened...anyone care to share>?


I assume the blockade was unintentional, but someone else in line reported the same thing to the poll workers and it was addressed quickly and effectively
Outsider
11-07-2006, 11:03 AM
You're a young guy but imagine how intimidating this can be to elderly or more timid people.
hardeeharhar
11-07-2006, 11:10 AM
There were some green party members standing directly in front of the polling place.... F-them and their enviroconscious politics...
thuh Freak
11-07-2006, 05:01 PM
A pollster is accused of choking a voter. The voter apparently didn't want to vote on one of the measures, and the pollster insisted that he did. The dispute escalated (http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/11/07/D8L8EHBO0.html).
Hassan i Sabbah
11-07-2006, 05:15 PM
Yeah! And there were some people voting when I went to vote!

Ah, no, I had a meeting with some geeks in Kensington and I live in north London.

But how I'd have voted if I were American. A dozen times at least.
Frank777
11-07-2006, 05:27 PM
There were some green party members standing directly in front of the polling place.... F-them and their enviroconscious politics...

Don't you guys have any election laws? Outside of official observers, anyone carrying signs or wearing identifyable party apparel is immediately kicked out of the polling area by Elections Canada personnel.
mydo
11-07-2006, 08:14 PM
Don't you guys have any election laws? Outside of official observers, anyone carrying signs or wearing identifyable party apparel is immediately kicked out of the polling area by Elections Canada personnel.


Yes of course we do. There are laws that limit how close someone can campaign near door of the polling place and of course no campaigning is allowed in the polling place.

Any ligit' voter can wear what they want when the go to vote, eg buttons and pins.
mydo
11-07-2006, 08:15 PM
A pollster is accused of choking a voter. The voter apparently didn't want to vote on one of the measures, and the pollster insisted that he did. The dispute escalated (http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/11/07/D8L8EHBO0.html).


How did the poll worker even know? No one saw my ballot but me.