R.I.P. Scout26
This ain't going over well in Texas, & probably not a lot of other places. I'd rather have the Mafia monitoring polling places!http://video.foxnews.com/v/1922193690001/
Holy hell. It's like giving a loaded gun to a chimpanzee...
the last thing you need is rabies. You're already angry enough as it is.OTOH, there wouldn't be a tweeker left in Georgia...
BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD! SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE! AND THROW SOME STEAK ON THE GRILL!
Cool -- using the UN to intimidate conservative voters, under the guise of "monitoring" polling places.Black Panthers must have been unavailable this year.
I'm sure the pimps are importing from other states as many underage prostitutes as they can to meet the increased demand.
Please, Lord, send them to SC...
http://thehill.com/blogs/global-affairs/un-treaties/264121-texas-sparks-international-row-with-election-observersTexas says "stay the eff away" to the UN.It sparks all sorts of egos getting bruised and fur standing on end.I agree with Texas' stance: The law says that no one is allowed into a polling place for political purposes and must stay 100 feet away unless running the poll or voting themselves. International observers do neither. So stay away 100 feet.
I suspect that Texas law is easily preempted by the Fed Gov's Constitutional right to make international treaties (as long as the treaty don't violate the Const directly).Sound and fury, but not actually defensible.
The OSCE considers itself a regional organization in the sense of Chapter VIII of the United Nations Charter and is an observer in the United Nations General Assembly. The Chairman-in-Office gives routine briefings to the United Nations Security Council.
Not really.Technically, ALL our national elections are state elections. That's why some states already have voter ID requirements (mine has required ID since I was first eligible to vote, about 50 years ago) and some don't. Each state gets to set its own criteria. And this is especially true for the presidential election, since we are not actually voting for the president. We are in fact voting for state "electors," who will then go to the electoral college and cast the actual votes for president.