[Irene Adler]

Unfortunately, I think that Republican poll watchers in urban polling places can face potential physical danger (and the higher the stakes in a given election, the higher the danger). The only Republican poll watchers in some city polling places are fake Republicans (democrats who have changed their registration to Republican so they can be fraudulent poll watchers). Other polling places have NO Republican poll watchers at all. Any attempting to go in would be taking their health/life in their hands, IMHO. If a move were to be made in urban precincts, it would have to be made in large numbers with a lot of PR to protect Republicans trying to be poll watchers. I would be scared to do it, myself.

[cardinal4]

I was thinking of some of the voting districts here in St Louis,You would be taking your life in your hands if you ID'd someone or asked for their registration cards.Thats how they were able to pull that shady s**t off in 2000.

[timestax]

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[Timesink]

If a move were to be made in urban precincts, it would have to be made in large numbers with a lot of PR to protect Republicans trying to be poll watchers. I would be scared to do it, myself.

In NYC, there's at least one armed police officer at every polling place. And if we combined news media coverage as well (we could possibly work out some sort of "press watch" system along with WorldNetDaily or NewsMax or Fox News Channel for the more questionable precincts; any weirdness gets an instant cell phone call to bring in "real" TV news media), they wouldn't be able to get away with anything ... including physical violence against us.

[jackbill]

Unfortunately, I think that Republican poll watchers in urban polling places can face potential physical danger (and the higher the stakes in a given election, the higher the danger).

You've got that exactly right. That's why "blue" areas are "blue" areas.