Quote Originally Posted by Ronin13 View Post
So I've already seen tons of coverage on this issue this morning- Black Panthers and such at the polling places of major cities, UN "observers", etc. But really, what are they doing exactly? I mean, you go in, you cast your ballot, you leave. Are they asking "Who are you voting for?" then threatening people if they didn't vote for O? Assaulting people? I didn't see what came of this in '08 (sorry I was too busy gearing up to go to Afghanistan during the election season).

Just wondering, because it would seem to me that there would be mass arrests (or worse) if people were really getting legitimate threats from the BPP.
The New Black Panther people in '08 stood outside of a polling place carrying clubs. They were prosecuted by the Dept of Justice for voter intimidation, the DOJ obtained a default judgment against them with an order against their conduct, and then Eric Holder intervened and got the DOJ attorneys working on the case to go into court and void out their own win.

In Philadelphia, democratic election workers in a score of precincts ejected GOP observers who had a court order to be there. The court has sent sheriffs to enforce the court order.