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IF Bill Clinton violated election law, what's the penalty? (Original Post) dooner Mar 2016 OP
Should be a marions ghost Mar 2016 #1
When Jeb did this for Dubya in 2000 Dems all cried foul NowSam Mar 2016 #2
That's a joke, right? TDale313 Mar 2016 #3
"Bullhorn Bill" -- hahahahaha marions ghost Mar 2016 #4
That photo is quite hysterical nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #11
Snake Oil Bill marions ghost Mar 2016 #17
More bull than horn. n/t PonyUp Mar 2016 #19
It happens all the time Dem2 Mar 2016 #5
Ex presidents showing up at polling places happens all the time ??? SamKnause Mar 2016 #10
Rules are the same for all politicians running for office Dem2 Mar 2016 #12
I think it's a $20 fine comradebillyboy Mar 2016 #6
That's what I found in the online law websites earlier today. reformist2 Mar 2016 #9
that's what I suspected dooner Mar 2016 #21
It will be quickly swept under the rug. revbones Mar 2016 #7
Bailiff , Whack His Pee Pee Grassy Knoll Mar 2016 #8
Lol. Oldie but goodie. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2016 #14
Well, if a person that was not above the law did it (unfortunately he IS above the law) Dragonfli Mar 2016 #13
I think he should be impeached, nt gwheezie Mar 2016 #15
I agree. Cali_Democrat Mar 2016 #20
He should be "Tar and Feathered" in the public forum aspirant Mar 2016 #16
Hillary forfeits her delegates to Sanders. Ino Mar 2016 #18
Any proof of that? Also, wouldn't that call for only switching 1% of the delegates? Zynx Mar 2016 #22

NowSam

(1,252 posts)
2. When Jeb did this for Dubya in 2000 Dems all cried foul
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 01:54 AM
Mar 2016

But now that Bullhorn Bill = Bush will any Hillarians speak out against it?

marions ghost

(19,841 posts)
17. Snake Oil Bill
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 09:14 AM
Mar 2016

Yeah this sums up what we'll get with Billary. Tone deaf with a megaphone. Not listening.

They need to hang it up. The country wants, needs and deserves, real tangible change.

Dem2

(8,168 posts)
5. It happens all the time
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 01:58 AM
Mar 2016

I've seen it several times in my brief time at the polls over the years.

Candidates are scolded and then told to move beyond the prescribed distance. That's it.

Dem2

(8,168 posts)
12. Rules are the same for all politicians running for office
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 02:13 AM
Mar 2016

I'm not even sure how the rules work for family members, but I'll assume that they are the same as for the candidate if they are campaigning. Anyway, I see no reason that the rules should be different based on a person's status. The rules are the rules and they are generally just enforced by poll workers as rarely does a politician not do as they're told. I did see a rather heated argument in '08 but the guy eventually moved away from the entrance before further action was required.

Dragonfli

(10,622 posts)
13. Well, if a person that was not above the law did it (unfortunately he IS above the law)
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 02:25 AM
Mar 2016

The person would have been stopped and warned immediately (before he/she could cause any damage and thus nullifying the accuracy of the results as he did quit intentionally) and fined, after learning he was not even a voter and had no business there other than to campaign illegally and disrupt the path of voters that did have the right to be there, he would have been escorted away from the premises possibly in a police vehicle. .

For all the vote-blocking (disenfranchising of voters he did there and elsewhere) I have no idea what the penalties are, he was a serial election fraud culprit in MA and I do not know the legal price for that, possibly compounded fines and a night in jail awaiting the judge to determine the full amount.

Zynx

(21,328 posts)
22. Any proof of that? Also, wouldn't that call for only switching 1% of the delegates?
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 02:19 AM
Mar 2016

It wasn't winner take all.

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