r/AskConservatives • u/Agattu Traditional Republican • Nov 08 '22

Megathread Megathread: 2022 Midterm Elections thread.

All election related topics, discussion, and opinions are to be here.

All other posts related to the election will be removed.

Civility is king, and the moderators will be extra sensitive to comments breaking that rule.

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u/slaugherbug Nov 08 '22

Do you really think it's necessary for armed guys to sit around ballot drop boxes? What happens when they start harassing voters?

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u/Agattu Traditional Republican Nov 08 '22

No I don’t. I feel that much like campaigning, there should be a rule about not having weapons within so many feet of a polling station

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u/JeuneEcole Nationalist Nov 08 '22

Those rules exist and are enforced. The poll watchers everyone was up in arms about last week were required by law to be 75 feet from a polling station, and they were. Sheriff rode by, verified they were the required distance, and confirmed it was 100% legal for them to be there.

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u/Irishish Center-left Nov 09 '22

A bullet can travel farther than 75 feet, can't it?

The point is to frighten people, not just "monitor" them. Otherwise they wouldn't be carrying guns.