• yeather
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    3 months ago

    Similar in Florida, after enough voted the amendment is placed onto the ballot and needs to get over 60% of votes on election night. I’ve never heard of officers investigating indivual petitioners, but petition / signature fraud is illegal, so I don’t believe this is technically voter intimidation.

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      3 months ago

      Oh it’s definitely voter intimidation, they’re just using the law as a thinly veiled excuse to do it.

      If someone put their name down for something, and the cops come knocking on their door about it, how many people do you think are really going to follow through and vote.

      If they can find you because of a signature, they might find how you voted. And who’s to say they’ll just be asking questions next time.

      This is classic mob tactics.