(Important stuff from the field. Be sure to check out Nassau Voter Protection tomorrow for info on what's happening at the polling places and to report anything dodgy you may see. Also, I'll be blogging from the district all day tomorrow. I'll have interviews, pics, video, vicious rumors and as much about potential dirty tricks as I can muster. - promoted by lipris)
Over the weekend, Republican State Chair Joe Mondello tipped his hand and publicly promised to engage in a campaign of voter intimidation in the SD7 special election tomorrow with blanket requests for voter identification.
In response, the County Attorney's office instructed the Board of Elections to tell poll workers the special circumstances under the law where poll workers were to request identification:
"I am requesting that you immediately notify all special election poll workers and inspectors that they must not request identification of any person seeking to vote, unless there is an "ID" notification next to the bar code for the voter name on the registration poll ledger prepared by the Nassau County Board of Elections."
The Republican response to these instructions was to ignore the County Attorney's directive.
Now a Nassau County Supreme Court Judge is ordering Republicans to comply with election law and not intimidate voters in tomorrow's special election. The Nassau County police will deliver notice of the court order to every polling place in the Seventh State Senate district when the polls open at 6am on Tuesday. |
