Mon Oct 31, 2016 | 8:27pm EDT Democrats sue Trump for alleged voter intimidation in four states By Andy Sullivan | WASHINGTON
Democratic Party officials sued Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in four battleground states on Monday, seeking to shut down a poll-watching effort they said was designed to harass minority voters in the Nov. 8 election.
In lawsuits filed in federal courts in Pennsylvania, Nevada, Arizona and Ohio, Democrats argued that Trump and Republican Party officials were mounting a "campaign of vigilante voter intimidation" that violated the 1965 Voting Rights Act and an 1871 law aimed at the Ku Klux Klan.
"Trump has sought to advance his campaign's goal of 'voter suppression' by using the loudest microphone in the nation to implore his supporters to engage in unlawful intimidation," the Ohio Democratic Party wrote in a legal filing. Similar language was used in the other lawsuits.
The Trump campaign did not respond to a request for comment.
Since August, Trump has urged his supporters to monitor polling locations on Election Day for signs of possible voting fraud, often urging them to keep a close eye on cities like Philadelphia and St. Louis that have high minority populations.
Campaigning in Ohio, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said Trump was hoping to discourage people from participating in the election.
"His whole strategy is to suppress the vote. Lots of noise. Lots of distractions," Clinton said in Cleveland.
01. Funny there was no outcry when Black Panthers in military gear intimidated voters.
02. A private individual has to set up this program because the GOP agreed to "(e) refrain from undertaking any ballot security activities in polling places or election districts where the racial or ethnic composition of such districts is a factor in the decision to conduct, or the actual conduct of, such activities there and where a purpose or significant effect of such activities is to deter qualified voters from voting; and the conduct of such activities disproportionately in or directed toward districts that have a substantial proportion of racial or ethnic populations shall be considered relevant evidence of the existence of such a factor and purpose" ............................................................. http://judicialview.com/Court-Cases/Civi...ittee/10/201975
GOP legally barred from fighting vote fraud 30 years later, consent decree violation claims still threaten Published: 11/20/2012 at 8:01 PM by Bob Unruh Email | Archive .................................................... http://www.wnd.com/2012/11/gop-legally-b...ing-vote-fraud/
Quote: Cincinnatus wrote in post #3I am somewhat sympathetic to the Dems on this one. How do you expect them to steal an election if people are keeping an eye on them?
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