re: #105 Daniel Ballard

How exactly is this observer going to assert the authority to stop anyone from voting? Are the polls severely understaffed? Don’t observers just observe?

Observers have the right to confirm the whole voting process, including the demonstration of identity in whatever form it’s required. So if they wrongly believe that IDs are necessary, they are going to state that. If voters hear them, or the poll workers are cowed by them or don’t rebuke them, then voters can indeed be disenfranchised. In addition, showing a conflict between the poll workers and the poll observers will lead to doubt and uncertainty about the process that taints the whole.

How fucking hard is it for people supposedly obsessed with the legalities of voting to get the legalities of voting correct? What possible defense is there for spreading disinformation?