Illegal activity at New Bedford, MA polling station

If he is indeed illegally politicking within 150 ft of a polling place, then he needs to stop. Even Bill Clinton.

Disclaimer: I didn't watch the video, just taking your word for it. Gotta run.

There might be a (slim) possibility that even he doesn't know ALL the rules associated with proper voting-- maybe-- ??

There are police officers stationed at every polling station, and it should have been shut down immediately. I've seen people asked to back up at polling stations. Our town takes it very seriously, and would have stopped it right away. If he's 151 feet away, then all is fine. I didn't watch the video and have no idea whether he was within 150 feet or not.

Anybody else just tired of this already? Like really? Bill Clinton was at a polling station so we shall get all worked up? The horror. Substitute anybody else's name and I feel the same. Tell me about your beliefs. Tell me about how you are going to run our country. I just don't give a damn if anybody was polling at 143 ft or 151 ft. This constant need to blow EVERY fucking thing tied to a politician out of proportion is killing ANY desire to vote or be engaged. The pure crap you have to deal with just to get the facts is overwhelming!!!!! This NEED and it seems constant to slander, to be enraged, to be outraged, to be appalled, or disgusted or to be in disbelief is so unnecessary and distracting. You are not EVER going to change someone's political mind. You will never change yours but yet we allow this need for sensationalism to rule our politics. What if we stopped that? Could we actually get the right person hired?

What she said.

My first thought was, "Definitely needs to stop, but out of all the things that have been said and done by the candidates in this election so far, having him stand in front of a polling place doesn't even register on my 'what a shady politician' scale."

For goodness sakes.   Talk about trying to make a mountain out of a mole hill.

Yes ex President Clinton showed up at a couple of polling places.  He even went inside shook hands with the polling workers.

The video that was posted showed him thanking the crowd for participating and thanking those who are supporting Hillary.

What he said after that on the video I couldn't hear.

However the NYT article said President Clinton was being mindful of the 150 ft law when a woman asked if she could have her picture taken with him.  As was the mayor that was there.  

Yes when a president or ex president shows up someplace there will be excitement.  However if someone who was going to vote for Bernie suddenly changes their mind because President Clinton shows up maybe they weren't true Bernie supporters in the first place.  A true Bernie supporter would feel a little excitement because they saw a real live ex president and then go in and vote for Bernie.

I have the same level of outrage over this that I have at people completely and totally illegally driving 33 mph in a 30 mph zone.

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Even young schoolchildren know not to elicit votes too close to a poll. The demarcation line is pretty hard to miss. You've got signs and people trying to persuade all along one side of the line and no signs on tbe other.

But it's Clinton, so we should just say OK, fine.

maybe I missed it, but I didn't actually see the polling site in that video and therefore have no way to judge how far away that was taking place. I can see the building but not the entry to the actual poll location and therefore can't say whether it's a violation or not. If he's too close he should have been moved, and that is one purpose of having election officials present and monitoring the site.

Saving my outrage for something else.

three of those headlines just say he was there, nothing about violating the rules.


and the Rubio pre-checked ballot thing is a little more disturbing to me as a violation... but that's just me.  (plus, that sounds like something Trump would do, lol)