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Turmoil: Election Day (and the days that follow)

Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2016 3:42 pm
by chaos
I considered there may be some turmoil after the election results came in. Now I have additional concerns. I don't know why I had not considered (especially light of the venom currently being spouted) what is possible at the polling places. I can't wait until this horrible Presidential campaign is over.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/ele ... cel-class/

Fearing Election Day trouble, some U.S. schools cancel classes
BY PATRICK WHITTLE AND DAVID SHARP, ASSOCIATED PRESS October 26, 2016 at 10:09 AM EDT

FALMOUTH, Maine — Rigged elections. Vigilante observers. Angry voters. The claims, threats and passions surrounding the presidential race have led communities around the U.S. to move polling places out of schools or cancel classes on Election Day.

The fear is that the ugly rhetoric of the campaign could escalate into confrontations and even violence in school hallways, endangering students.

“If anybody can sit there and say they don’t think this is a contentious election, then they aren’t paying much attention,” said Ed Tolan, police chief in this seaside community, which decided to call off classes on Election Day and put additional officers on duty Nov. 8.

School officials already are on edge because of the shootings and threats that have become all too common. They point to the recent firebombing of a Republican Party office in one North Carolina county and the shooting-up of another with a BB gun as the type of trouble they fear on Election Day.

Some of those anxieties have been stoked by Donald Trump’s repeated claims that the election is rigged and his appeal to his supporters to stand guard against fraud at the polls. Some are worried about clashes between the self-appointed observers and voters.

Parent Alpay Balkir said he is glad children will be home. His 8-year-old son is a student in Falmouth, where the high school doubles as a polling place.

“If it’s going to be as chaotic as they say it’s going to be, it’s a good thing. Kids should stay out of it,” Balkir said. “I don’t know what the environment is going to be like.”

Schools are popular polling places because they have plenty of parking and are usually centrally located. It’s difficult to say how many school-based polling places have been moved this year, given how decentralized the voting process is across the country.

But state and local officials say voting has been removed or classes have been canceled on Election Day at schools in Illinois, Maine, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and elsewhere.

“There is a concern, just like at a concert, sporting event or other public gathering, that we didn’t have 15 or 20 years ago. What if someone walks in a polling location with a backpack bomb or something?” said Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp, co-chairman of the National Association of Secretaries of State election committee. “If that happens at a school, then that’s certainly concerning.”

Despite the concerns, the National Association of Secretaries of State does not advocate having armed guards or police stationed at the polls because their presence could intimidate voters.

Some of the pressure to close schools on Election Day or move voting is coming from parents. Sara Andriotis, a mother in the Easton, Pennsylvania, area, pushed for voting to be taken out of local schools.

“We were mostly concerned because of the risk that it puts our children in,” she said.

Easton Superintendent John Reinhart wanted to get voting out of schools altogether but was rebuffed by county election officials. So the school board canceled classes on Election Day.

“If you take the personalities away and cast the emotion with the election aside, one has to ask the question: ‘Are our schools the best places for that activity to take place?'” he said. “I just think we’ve reached the point where we need to look at other locations.”

That’s happening in Hall County, Nebraska, which got out ahead of the trend in May when it moved six polling places out of schools for a primary. Those changes will remain in place next month. Voting will be held at three churches and one community center.

Election officials elsewhere say that schools are vital places for voting and that removing them as polling places creates logistical headaches and voter confusion.

“We wouldn’t be able to conduct voting without them,” said Pam Anderson, executive director of the Colorado County Clerks Association. She said voting in schools has not generally been a concern in Colorado but acknowledged there is likely to be more security this year.

Re: Turmoil: Election Day (and the days that follow)

Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2016 5:51 pm
by Hokahey
Yeah, yeah and killer clowns might show up and beat people to death with rubber chickens. This election is particularly contentious, but so was 2004 and 2008. Hell, I remember people vandalizing Clinton signs in '92. People need to get a grip.

Re: Turmoil: Election Day (and the days that follow)

Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2016 10:57 pm
by kv
Yep

Re: Turmoil: Election Day (and the days that follow)

Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2016 8:04 am
by chaos
Hokahey wrote:Yeah, yeah and killer clowns might show up and beat people to death with rubber chickens.
Or the vigilante poll watchers. :hide:

I'll stop reading/listening to the news. I can't cope. :drink: :lol:

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Re: Turmoil: Election Day (and the days that follow)

Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2016 8:31 am
by SR
:lol: I'd say anything is possible, but where are the trumpublicans going to riot? Kentucky? Alabama? Texas? Maybe Florida though.

Re: Turmoil: Election Day (and the days that follow)

Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2016 11:08 am
by kv
I just love "trumpanzees" the best

Re: Turmoil: Election Day (and the days that follow)

Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2016 11:51 am
by SR
:lolol: stealing it....

Re: Turmoil: Election Day (and the days that follow)

Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2016 12:46 pm
by Pandemonium
My wife co-manages one of the largest malls in SoCal which is hosting a polling place this year. They don't expect trouble but they are adding a lot of extra security on election day "just in case."

Re: Turmoil: Election Day (and the days that follow)

Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2016 2:01 pm
by chaos
https://www.yahoo.com/news/democrats-as ... 34936.html

Democrats ask judge to sanction Republicans over Trump
By Dan Levine,Reuters 20 hours ago


(Reuters) - The Democratic National Committee on Wednesday asked a U.S. judge to hold the Republican National Committee in contempt of court over allegations that Donald Trump encouraged his supporters to intimidate minority voters.

The DNC accused Republicans in a court filing of violating a longstanding consent decree, which restricts Republicans' ability to question voters at the polls and prevent those people from casting a ballot.

During the presidential campaign, Republican nominee Trump has asked followers to "watch" for fraud in the Nov.8 presidential election in certain areas where minority voters reside, even though no evidence of fraud exists, the filing said. Some of Trump's followers have pledged to do just that, the filing said.

The RNC has supported Trump's "ballot security endeavors," Democrats said in the court filing.

The RNC said the filing was completely meritless.

"The RNC strictly abides by the consent decree and does not take part directly or indirectly in any efforts to prevent or remedy vote fraud. Nor do we coordinate with the Trump campaign or any other campaign or party organization in any efforts they may make in this area," a RNC spokesperson said in an emailed statement. "The RNC remains focused on getting out the vote."

Representatives for the Trump campaign could not immediately be reached for comment.

The DNC asked a New Jersey federal judge to issue an injunction preventing the RNC from spending money on voter integrity efforts, and to instruct its field offices that no employee shall participate in any ballot security measures.

Re: Turmoil: Election Day (and the days that follow)

Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2016 4:13 pm
by erotic cheeses
From an European view you guys have got real dirty! I can't believe how low this has swung
And today in 2016 people are still defending article 2 that's just bonkers

Re: Turmoil: Election Day (and the days that follow)

Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2016 1:59 pm
by mockbee
erotic cheeses wrote: And today in 2016 people are still defending article 2 that's just bonkers
Do you mean the 2nd Amendment? - the "we all get guns!" one? :hehe:

Because article 2 of the Constitution establishes the Executive Branch (President, cabinet, etc.) :noclue:


From an American perspective, you Europeans have a lot of similar messes yourselves! Brexit, terrible immigrant/refugee situations, hard-right leaders boiling to the surface.

Stuffs changing fast. I don't think there will be riots on the streets, but I think the decay and undisciplined nature of politics is spreading rapidly (I think it is very different than the past 30 years) and will most likely lead to not good times. A very best case scenario is an internal Cold War of economic stagnation and visceral hatred. It is actually reassuring that most people despise both candidates.

Re: Turmoil: Election Day (and the days that follow)

Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2016 4:51 pm
by creep
i think the united states will be in less turmoil in trump wins.

all the right wing nut jobs will just get even worse if hillary wins.

let the republicans have their four years. it won't take them long for them to turn on trump. there are checks and balances in place to keep him from doing anything too crazy. the rest of the world already hates us.

maybe in four years we can get two qualified candidates to choose from. :noclue:

Re: Turmoil: Election Day (and the days that follow)

Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2016 5:13 pm
by Hype
Do you seriously think Clinton isn't qualified, Creep? Why?

Of all the possible objections to her being president, being "unqualified" doesn't seem like the most obvious one... She's held serious political offices that would qualify anyone else. She has very high education. She's affluent. The only thing I can think of that she doesn't have that any other president has had is a penis. :neutral:

I can see not particularly wanting to support her because of her hawkish foreign policy, or her capitulations to economic elites -- the Clintons are nothing if not centrist opportunists. But this doesn't seem to me to be a reason not to vote for someone in this kind of situation.

I'm not sure that Trump would be as benign as you hope. But, if he is elected, I hope you're right.

Re: Turmoil: Election Day (and the days that follow)

Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2016 5:17 pm
by crater
creep wrote:there are checks and balances in place to keep him from doing anything too crazy.
There are no checks and balances to keep him from doing anything too crazy if Republicans continue to control congress and the senate due to their gerrymandering. I'd rather we not take the very real risk of just hoping nothing bad happens for over 4 years if he actually wins this election, because we know that if Hillary wins the Republicans will do exactly what they've done the past 8 years of Obama's Presidency, which is nothing but attempt to block everything the President does and continue to waste money on bullshit investigations. They have already admitted as much if Hillary wins that her first two years in office will be spent doing nothing but testifying about Benghazi and all those fucking emails.

They've done nothing about Obama's latest Supreme Court nominee and Trump has said he's going to nominate Antonin Scalia clones. If Republicans control everything they will ram those idiots through and this country will be way worse for it.

Re: Turmoil: Election Day (and the days that follow)

Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2016 5:24 pm
by creep
ok qualified may not be the correct word.

she is a qualified politician. maybe likeable would have been a better word?

i'm not a fan of hillary but i do want her to win. whoever wins it will further divide this country because both are hated by the opposition.

Re: Turmoil: Election Day (and the days that follow)

Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2016 5:28 pm
by creep
crater wrote:
creep wrote:there are checks and balances in place to keep him from doing anything too crazy.
There are no checks and balances to keep him from doing anything too crazy if Republicans continue to control congress and the senate due to their gerrymandering. I'd rather we not take the very real risk of just hoping nothing bad happens for over 4 years if he actually wins this election, because we know that if Hillary wins the Republicans will do exactly what they've done the past 8 years of Obama's Presidency, which is nothing but attempt to block everything the President does and continue to waste money on bullshit investigations. They have already admitted as much if Hillary wins that her first two years in office will be spent doing nothing but testifying about Benghazi and all those fucking emails.

They've done nothing about Obama's latest Supreme Court nominee and Trump has said he's going to nominate Antonin Scalia clones. If Republicans control everything they will ram those idiots through and this country will be way worse for it.
yeah good point. trump could really screw things up on the supreme court especially with the republicans controlling congress.

Re: Turmoil: Election Day (and the days that follow)

Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2016 9:06 pm
by Hype
creep wrote:ok qualified may not be the correct word.

she is a qualified politician. maybe likeable would have been a better word?

i'm not a fan of hillary but i do want her to win. whoever wins it will further divide this country because both are hated by the opposition.
That's what I wondered. In that case, I basically agree with you, though I don't know if it's worth worrying about picking a president based on whether that president will be likely to "further divide" the country. They probably thought the same thing about JFK (first Catholic president). Picking milquetoast presidents because you fear divisiveness coming out of the woodwork is kind of like only buying crackers because you fear buying fresh fruit will lead to cockroaches. :hs: I guess... I mean, maybe it's okay if the country gets a bit divided, if the divide is followers of David Duke on one side, and ... not that... on the other?

Re: Turmoil: Election Day (and the days that follow)

Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2016 11:16 pm
by kv
Country has always been divided...nothing new

Re: Turmoil: Election Day (and the days that follow)

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2016 6:02 am
by creep
kv wrote:Country has always been divided...nothing new
sure...but not to this extent. people used to have some respect for the president if they voted for them or not.

if trump wins i hope he is our best president ever. every american should want the same. :noclue:

Re: Turmoil: Election Day (and the days that follow)

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2016 6:09 am
by kv
I disagree...people hated Nixon like the plague before Watergate...same with Carter... Bush jr...Obama...hell prob every single one...it's the internet age you get everyone's inner most thoughts for the public to see

Re: Turmoil: Election Day (and the days that follow)

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2016 6:15 am
by SR
Many despised Ford for the Nixon pardon as well.

The comparisons whether true or not pertaining to division are completely irrelevant imho. Trump is a brand new animal.

Re: Turmoil: Election Day (and the days that follow)

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2016 7:23 am
by Hype
if trump wins i hope he is our best president ever.
The great thing about that sentence is that it's obviously true, because you can only hope for something that you fear won't be true, and that you don't know will or won't happen.

The problem with it is that we have way too much evidence that this hope is delusional. Mitt Romney lost for far less insane rhetoric. He just had binders of women, not entire pageants... :neutral:

Re: Turmoil: Election Day (and the days that follow)

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2016 1:20 pm
by Hype
Best president ever: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/10/3 ... rt-all-you? ???
“I can’t wait until Trump is elected. He’s going to deport all you Muslims. Muslims shouldn’t be given visas. They’ll probably take away your visa and deport you. You’re going to be the next terrorist, I bet.”
A fucking teacher said that. :neutral:

Re: Turmoil: Election Day (and the days that follow)

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2016 1:49 pm
by Pandemonium
creep wrote:i think the united states will be in less turmoil in trump wins.

all the right wing nut jobs will just get even worse if hillary wins.

let the republicans have their four years. it won't take them long for them to turn on trump. there are checks and balances in place to keep him from doing anything too crazy. the rest of the world already hates us.

maybe in four years we can get two qualified candidates to choose from. :noclue:
Quite honestly I think in the likely case Clinton wins, everyday Trump supporters will go back to their daily lives with the typical ineffective whining that's marked the last 8 years under Obama. No protests, no riots, no dogs living with cats. On the other hand, if Trump wins I think there's a good chance there will be violent Nationwide protests.

There's a surprising number of people and businesses in my area that had pro-Trump lawn signs and banners on their storefronts. A lot of them have been vandalized the past couple months and just about everyone no longer has those signs on their property. This weekend I was behind a pickup at a stoplight and he had a Trump sticker on his tail gate which looked like someone took a screwdriver to it.

Re: Turmoil: Election Day (and the days that follow)

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2016 2:14 pm
by SR
Article II Sec 4 will be on everyone's radar should this nut be elected.

High crimes and misdemeanors will be the four hottest words with Constitutional scholars everywhere.

And there will be a fed level Civil War.