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quaint

(3,550 posts)
Thu Nov 3, 2022, 07:44 AM Nov 2022

Republican door knockers intimidate voters while hunting for fraud, say officials

Reuter's
The canvassers in California's Shasta County in September wore reflective orange vests and official-looking badges that read “Voter Taskforce.” Four residents said they mistook them for government officials.

But the door knockers didn't explain where to vote or promote a candidate, the usual work of canvassers ahead of a big election.

Instead, they grilled residents on their voting history and who lived in their homes, probing questions that might have violated state laws on intimidation and harassment, according to the county's chief election official.

At one house, they interrogated a couple about the whereabouts of their adult daughter. At another, they listed names of registered voters and demanded to know if they still lived at the address.

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Republican door knockers intimidate voters while hunting for fraud, say officials (Original Post) quaint Nov 2022 OP
Always ask to see ID and have your phone recording. sdfernando Nov 2022 #1
Great advice quaint Nov 2022 #2
Indeed. Always record ALL encounters with officials Otto_Harper Nov 2022 #4
The basic approach to handle these creeps is simple Otto_Harper Nov 2022 #3
OR...maybe..."Now youse can't leave": ret5hd Nov 2022 #5
Never saw this movie or clip before, but Otto_Harper Nov 2022 #7
The reason those bikes can go so fast is that they never have to carry an entire person, spike jones Nov 2022 #14
The bartender grabbing his "rug" cracked me up FoxNewsSucks Nov 2022 #15
Don't answer the door works for me. quaint Nov 2022 #6
That's the way I deal with people like that. r/o SoBlueInFL Nov 2022 #8
I would tell them to YoshidaYui Nov 2022 #9
Excellent, but you are much braver than me. quaint Nov 2022 #10
i have 13 years of kendo -under my belt YoshidaYui Nov 2022 #21
Sue the mother fuckers and charge them w/some kind of crime. Botany Nov 2022 #11
Oh Peeelease send me some!!!! Traildogbob Nov 2022 #12
Um, I'd like to borrow the hounds of hell. quaint Nov 2022 #13
Actually two Traildogbob Nov 2022 #18
I would have Rebl2 Nov 2022 #16
"Fuck off!" *SLAM* FoxNewsSucks Nov 2022 #17
Sometimes the friendly dog knows what's up Otto_Harper Nov 2022 #19
She does occasionally bark at someone, FoxNewsSucks Nov 2022 #20

Otto_Harper

(711 posts)
3. The basic approach to handle these creeps is simple
Thu Nov 3, 2022, 08:00 AM
Nov 2022

Don't answer the door. If you've answered the door, don't answer questions.

If they are really government officials, they must obey the 4th amendment, and so can only have access to your property with a warrant which has been properly executed and signed by a judge. If they don't have a warrant, they have no right to be on your property once asked to leave. If they DO have a warrant, they will come through your door, walls or windows on their own accord. At which point, your best approach is not to answer any questions they ask.

In my own personal case, they will be informed that I am going inside to obtain assistance from Mr. Mossberg, and perhaps they should consider leaving in the interim.

Otto_Harper

(711 posts)
7. Never saw this movie or clip before, but
Thu Nov 3, 2022, 09:06 AM
Nov 2022

works for me.

With a family history that leads back through the Bronx, I think I am predisposed to favor such an approach with MAGAts.

spike jones

(1,777 posts)
14. The reason those bikes can go so fast is that they never have to carry an entire person,
Thu Nov 3, 2022, 10:38 AM
Nov 2022

just the asshole.

FoxNewsSucks

(10,800 posts)
15. The bartender grabbing his "rug" cracked me up
Thu Nov 3, 2022, 10:43 AM
Nov 2022

I've never seen that before, I'd love to see every swaggering gang of MAGAts and "ballot box observers" get that exact reception.

quaint

(3,550 posts)
6. Don't answer the door works for me.
Thu Nov 3, 2022, 08:11 AM
Nov 2022

If a friend or relative stops by unexpectedly, they'll call and let me know they are out front.
Campaign season has been a bit more tolerable this way in my MAGA neighborhood. Arguing with them is a waste of my energy.

SoBlueInFL

(191 posts)
8. That's the way I deal with people like that. r/o
Thu Nov 3, 2022, 10:21 AM
Nov 2022

If I've not received a heads up from someone, I simply don't answer the door. I don't care if someone hears me inside. My house, my rules, go away.

Traildogbob

(9,993 posts)
12. Oh Peeelease send me some!!!!
Thu Nov 3, 2022, 10:30 AM
Nov 2022

No intimidation here. Bring it. I will unlesssh the hounds of hell, while strapped with all my armory.
I put an end to the Jesus folks coming everyday as soon as they saw I was retired and here during the days. The word spread quickly, “that man is not gonna buy in. He is cult proof”.

Traildogbob

(9,993 posts)
18. Actually two
Thu Nov 3, 2022, 10:50 AM
Nov 2022

Loving Labrador’s, but act like pits to strangers. We spend all our time alone in surrounding Forests away from people and they are Leary. But as soon as you pet em, it’s all love. But the door knockers do not know that. I did teach em to hate red though.

Rebl2

(14,709 posts)
16. I would have
Thu Nov 3, 2022, 10:45 AM
Nov 2022

closed the door on them or not answered the door. I actually I never answer the door to strangers. To the residents who were grilled on their voting history, I would have picked up the phone and called the police at the same time telling those people it was none of their business.

FoxNewsSucks

(10,800 posts)
17. "Fuck off!" *SLAM*
Thu Nov 3, 2022, 10:46 AM
Nov 2022

Usually I'm glad my dog is a cheerful friendly girl, but in that case I'd be happy to have some snarling to help me get the message across.

Otto_Harper

(711 posts)
19. Sometimes the friendly dog knows what's up
Thu Nov 3, 2022, 04:25 PM
Nov 2022

This is going back about 35 years or so, but at that the time, my MIL had a darling little Bijon, who was a complete mush. When we visited, she would play with our young son, tearing back and forth across the living room, and never, ever acted other than friendly and loving to anyone and everyone, regardless of provocation.

Then, one day, in the middle of the day when MIL was alone, some guy knocked on the door. When she answered it, he tried to force his way in. And suddenly this cute litle Bijon was airborne and Cujo. And single handedly chased him away.
And then she reverted to the cute little doggie we all knew, and this behavior was never seen again.

FoxNewsSucks

(10,800 posts)
20. She does occasionally bark at someone,
Thu Nov 3, 2022, 05:01 PM
Nov 2022

usually if she's in the car. I've never figured out why, just every few months she'll decide she doesn't like someone and bark at them. Several of my neighbors and people from work have talked about our dogs doing that, and we all agree that if someone gets barked at by our friendly dogs, we'll assume they're a POS unless they prove otherwise.

In the door situation above, I don't know what she'd do. The door knockers probably don't have any malicious intent, they're just annoying. So they probably wouldn't get more than the "HEY! DOOR DOOR DOOR DIDN'T YOU HEAR?? DOOR DOOR!!" barking that would stop when I opened it.

I tried to train her to pee on tRump signs, but that didn't work either.

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