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Here's a report of this morning from a Dallas client of mine about his lawyer wife who has gone to FL to prevent intimidation of voters:
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"There are 3,200 Trial Lawyers on the ground in FL, with at least 300 in
Broward County.
They are armed with already fully prepared, 'fill in the blanks'
injunctions, covering every conceivable incident of voter
intimidation, disenfranchisement, fraud, etc., ready to be quickly
filed in Court.
They have a 30 phone line command center setup to receive reports from
the field and to mobilize.
<wife> attended a several hour lawyer training session in Broward
County last night. It was at a Union Hall with a capacity of 250.
There were many standing and sitting on the floor. It was packed,
well over capacity.
They were given baseball caps which say "Voters' Rights Lawyer" and they
will otherwise be dressed like lawyers and will conduct themselves
professionally and politely. She also has a camera, but probably
should have a helmet and bullet-proof vest - I have very mixed
emotions about this . . .
They expect up to 5 opposing Republicans at every predominantly Black,
Hispanic and Democratic polling place. She said if there is more than
one police office outside a poll or if the police are stopping people
and asking for ID, she is to ask them why and collect the pertinent
information. Then she is to ask the supervisor of the poll to ask the
extra officer(s) to leave or otherwise cease checking IDs. In the
either doesn't happen, then she is to call the command center.
If anyone is challenged about their right to vote, then she is to be
in the thick of it, asking the exact reason, making sure it is
legal and instructing the voter what to do to protect his right to
vote. She'll be collecting the names, taking pictures and reminding
the opposing party that they could be committing a Felony. She'll
call that in to the command center, as well.
She made comments about how particularly determined the Black voters
were to cast their ballot. She said about 50% of FL has already voted.
She'll be spending about 12 hours today, walking through neighborhoods
and encouraging people to get out to vote.
They are incredibly prepared and organized in FL, but she said that FL
is not unique. The same is true in OH, all the other battleground
states and elsewhere."
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So there you have it, "American democracy and freedom on the march".
