>
> A new pet peeve of mine... So, on Election Day anyone stumping for a
> candidate/issue must remain 50' feet away from the polling place. This is
> to reduce intimidation, etc. Good rule. However, there is no rule barring
> people from holding signs/campaigning at EARLY polling places that are open
> before Election Day. So, there's a gaggle of annoying people waving signs
> and being classless outside the courthouse right now. Standing right next
> to the voters in line.
>
One of the articles from jacksonville earlier said they had made some people back off, and remove a large sign near the early voting place. There must be some sort of law regulating this, even if its just disturbing the peace. This seems to imply the 50' rule applies to early voting:
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/news-article.aspx?storyid=26039
-- If I actually could spell I'd have spelled it right in the first place. Shawn Moore <smoore@teuse.net> http://www.teuse.net -- Archives are at http://www.teuse.net/politics/election2004archive To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to election2004-request@teuse.net with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact smoore@teuse.netReceived on Mon Nov 1 08:51:51 2004
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