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No only one person has said that is what she was doing. Everyone else said she was encouraging early voting.
Encouaraging early voting for democrat votes. Support my husband.
Yeah! I mean her blatant disregard for the law could swing the vote of that one random dude who was already voting... early... maybe he hadn't already made up his mind...
But, but, that's different! :rofl
It is not baseless. The person she said it to has come forward. If it was Angle it would be all over the liberal press and they would be demanding action. Because it is Obama and a democrat we shoulkd give her a pass.
She was promoting democrats and the presidents agenda. That is political speech and campaigning
Well apparently only one person out of the group thought that was what she was saying. Everyone else says she was supporting early voting. So now it just looks like Drudge is trying to cause trouble where there is none. Hmmm imagine that.
So she supported early voting and did not promote her husband who needs democrats to win.
Dude as long as she didn't mention who to vote for she did not break any law. I would be a fair assumption that she wanted Democrats to go out and vote, but it is just an assumption. Like I said this seems to just be an exaggerated story by Drudge.
She said to support Barrack. That means vote democrat
Is it a technical violation of the law under an incredibly strict reading? Maybe.
Is it anything close to a violation of the spirit of the law? Nope.
Only one person out of the group said she said that when inside the polling place. Once she was outside the building and the required distance anyways she could say what she wanted.
Is it a technical violation of the law under an incredibly strict reading? Maybe.
You have proof she was outside and the proper distance?
Obama abided by election laws that prohibit electioneering within 100 feet of a polling place.
She did pose for pictures and told one voter: "Make sure you get everybody out there voting. This one counts, as much as the other one."
I have a question for you. Would she was encouraging the general public go to out and vote early and not telling them who to vote for be a strict reading of the law? That is the only way I can see her possibly getting in trouble for it.
Rather, the elections official said, Obama told the group how important it is to vote early and vote in general, a perfectly appropriate suggestion at a polling place. Campbell's characterization of the conversation may simply have included his political position, that he voted "to keep her husband's agenda going," but not that the first lady had specifically encouraged Campbell to support Obama-friendly candidates.
Even if one of the other voters had mentioned their support for President Obama and the first lady agreed, she would still not be in violation of election statutes because she would not, in that case, have initiated the political conversation.
The question arose after the first lady, who voted early at her Chicago precinct Thursday, responded to voters who voiced support for her husband. It’s unlawful in the state to have a “political discussion” or engage in “electioneering” within 100 feet of a polling place.
A pool report by Chicago Sun-Times reporter Abdon Pallasch said Obama had a photo taken with electrician Dennis Campbell, 56 years old. It quoted Campbell as saying, “She was telling me how important it was to vote to keep her husband’s agenda going.”
Pallasch told Washington Wire that the voters came up to Obama after they had cast their own ballots, and that they initiated conversation with her.
Election-law specialists said those circumstances mean Obama is off the hook.
Michelle Obama and Illinois Election Law - Washington Wire - WSJ
When has tlaw mattered in Chicago elections?
First off LA Times is a more reliable source than the Newser. Secondly, the article only got information from a conservative watchdog group, no kidding the are going to say she broke the law. Thirdly, First Lady's Voting Day Stirs Controversy | Foxnews.com
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