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JeffRVA t1_ivjtglb wrote

At my polling place Republicans had a tent out inviting people to join the party along with a sign about why they should vote Republican filled with your usual list of buzzwords that scare/rile up their base. Democrats had nothing.

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PopBopMopCop t1_ivkkzdf wrote

That feels really weird. In NY, you can't have political signage or "electioneering" within 100 feet of a polling place while voting is taking place. Is there not a similar regulation in Virginia?

Edit: Found the Virginia regulation, electioneering is prohibited within 40 feet of a polling place while polling is taking place. § 24.2-604. Polling places; prohibited activities; prohibited area; penalties.

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JeffRVA t1_ivkpajo wrote

There's a similar law here but it's 40 feet. These folks were out in the parking lot. I didn't pay attention this morning but at my old polling place there was a sign and I believe a line on the sidewalk showing how far away they needed to stay.

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PopBopMopCop t1_ivkqkdt wrote

Wow, 40 feet is not nearly far enough

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LuridIryx t1_ivlb4er wrote

Seriously I just wanted to walk in and vote. The republican senator nominee person was at my poling place @montrose. It’s like, as fascinating as that is having the sith come out to shake your hand and give you a business card just let me do what I’m gonna do mane, standing out here with your last-minute-manipulation tactics and crap. Law should be 100 ft in VA. I felt like a scab breaking a picket line.

Edit: Leon Benjamin gave me a card.

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heraus t1_ivkpwvs wrote

It’s 40 ft here, but I feel like hardly anyone even paid that much attention to the rule, at least at polls around here, until 45 and I’ve been one of those annoying pamphlet peddlers at polls since 2014. Now, it’s really enforced.

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sportsfather t1_ivkddj9 wrote

Why don’t democrats do the same, right?

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Glen_YngkinDid_9-11 t1_ivkokoa wrote

Because the Democrats are beholden to the same big-money donors as the Republicans.

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mmeat1148 t1_ivkdxhg wrote

because democrats deal with real issues not fantasy scaremongering the way the modern GOP does.

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I_AM_RVA t1_ivkg6mq wrote

Because democrats don’t understand that elections are about power

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mmeat1148 t1_ivl2s28 wrote

And republicans only want power. they aren't trying to make people's lives better.

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