Sorry don't feed the bulldog!
I am so sick of anyone who does anything that violates election law, or does something to try to illegally influence an election. They're committing a crime at the heart of our political system! Heck, right now (and since the 2000 election) the dems are doing everything they can to weaken the public trust in our elections!
I think that the proper sentance for someone convicted of something like this is :
a) Restitution: They should have to pay for the cost of reprinting the signs or flyers.
b) They should have to either personally apologize to any property owner from whom they removed the sign, and replace it with a new one that they paid for, or in the case of flyers, they should have to hand out the flyers in public, with a sign explaining why they're there.
Frankly, I believe that in the case of voter fraud, there should be capital punnishment, and I'm not kidding. That's how serious I feel it is.
Mark
Agreed. If we truly believe in the importance of our elections and the republic, then the punishment should be as serious. The outcome of elections determines the direction of peoples' lives, and in some cases can lead to lives being lost (e.g., medical research decisions, abortion, etc.) It's a crime against every citizen.