Difference between revisions of "2008-08-06 MO voter arrested for trying to vote"
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* '''title''': [[title::MO voter arrested for trying to vote]] | * '''title''': [[title::MO voter arrested for trying to vote]] | ||
* '''when''': [[when posted::2008-08-06]] | * '''when''': [[when posted::2008-08-06]] | ||
| − | * '''source''': [[ | + | * '''source''': [[source::Daily Kos]] |
| − | * '''topics''': [[topic::electoral fraud]] [[topic::US/MO]] [[topic::Charlene Davis]] | + | * '''topics''': [[topic::electoral fraud]] [[topic::US/MO]] [[topic::US/MO/elec]] [[topic::Charlene Davis]] |
| − | * '''link''': [[URL::http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/8/6/9488/29311/996/563441]] | + | * '''link''': [[URL::https://web.archive.org/web/20080814113143/http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/8/6/9488/29311/996/563441]] |
| − | * '''summary''': [[Summary:: | + | ** original URL: <s>http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/8/6/9488/29311/996/563441</s> |
| + | * '''summary''': [[Summary::{{fmt/quote|My son and I were grabbed by the arms and escorted outside. The two policemen who escorted us were soon joined by four others with two other squad cars. Surrounded, we were peppered by questions. Basically they were of the type, "Why are you bothering these people?" .. The answer, as clear as we could make it was, "We aren't bothering them! We are simply trying to vote, and these people are breaking [[Missouri State Statutes]], preventing us from voting." .. The police responded, "Look, you are breaking their rules. If you don't get out of here, we are going to arrest you!" .. The question I had in response was, "Their rules? What rules? Those are employees of the Election Board, they are under the mandate of the Election Board, and then the SoS. Aren't you more concerned about the breaking of state laws?" As it turns out, apparently they were not.}}]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:05, 4 September 2022
- title: MO voter arrested for trying to vote
- when: 2008-08-06
- source: Daily Kos
- topics: electoral fraud US/MO US/MO/elec Charlene Davis
- link: https://web.archive.org/web/20080814113143/http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/8/6/9488/29311/996/563441
- summary: «My son and I were grabbed by the arms and escorted outside. The two policemen who escorted us were soon joined by four others with two other squad cars. Surrounded, we were peppered by questions. Basically they were of the type, "Why are you bothering these people?" .. The answer, as clear as we could make it was, "We aren't bothering them! We are simply trying to vote, and these people are breaking Missouri State Statutes, preventing us from voting." .. The police responded, "Look, you are breaking their rules. If you don't get out of here, we are going to arrest you!" .. The question I had in response was, "Their rules? What rules? Those are employees of the Election Board, they are under the mandate of the Election Board, and then the SoS. Aren't you more concerned about the breaking of state laws?" As it turns out, apparently they were not.»