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• Greg@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This is a bit of hyperbole. If there where trying to intimidate voters they wouldn’t dress up like ghosts. Stay vigilant but didn’t label everything as a conspiracy, some people are just stupid.

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  • xmunk@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I disagree, masked people at a voting place carries an implicit threat of violence… this may be some dumb teenagers or it may be crazy sov cit folks… either way their presence absolutely could scare off people intending to vote.

    People who are obscuring their identity are usually doing so to avoid notice or repercussions for their actions… I think it’s reasonable to expect people in a voting location to be clearly visible and recognizable.

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    • Greg@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I think it’s reasonable to expect people in a voting location to be clearly visible and recognizable

      I agree (in most cases). I’m arguing that these folks are more likely stupid than malicious.

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      • xmunk@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I’m uncertain, but it’s certainly quite possible these folks were trolling. My main point was that it’s not as much about what the folks in sheets intended as much as it’s about how they’re perceived. Elections are pretty important and people are pretty sensitive right now so even if these folks did it for the lulz they may have actually intimidated and suppressed some votes.

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  • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    “The law against voter intimidation doesn’t specify specific conduct that is illegal. It specifies that intimidating voters is illegal,” Morales-Doyle [director the Voting Rights Program at the Brennan Center for Justice] said. “And so really, whatever form it might take, if the result is that a person feels uncomfortable exercising their right to vote, then it violates the law against voter intimidation.”

    Even if this wasn’t obviously reminiscent of the KKK, just seeing someone hiding their identity while pretending to be a government official is unquestionably enough to make someone feel intimidated and that it’s an unsafe place to vote.

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  • apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Ghosts in the south look an awful lot like KKK outside of a voting place.

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    • Greg@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      By that logic the Pope and the Michelin man look like a members of the KKK

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      • Hawke@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        … and if they were hanging around a polling place that might be a problem.

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      • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Are the Pope and the Michelin man going into a voting center and filming people with their faces covered?

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  • DandomRude@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Be that as it may, people wearing masks or costumes have no place in a polling station.

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    • Greg@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m not arguing they should be wearing masks in a polling station

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      • DandomRude@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I know. I did not downvote and I really don’t get why people feel the need to. Your comment is completely accurate - it makes no sense to impute any intentions to these people in disguise. My only point was that the people in the photo should not appear like that for the election in any case.

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  • Bonskreeskreeskree@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If you dont live in America, stfu. We don’t care about your opinion on how Americans are acting towards other Americans. Your small exposure to the population means nothing.

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  • Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If there where trying to intimidate voters they wouldn’t dress up like ghosts.

    Maybe they watched too much South Park. Dressing as ghosts and burning lowercase Ts on lawns is how they tried to scare the black rich family away.

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