Jan Schakowsky is behaving badly again. From BigGovernment.com:
"Monday was the first day of ‘early voting’ in Illinois. Between now and November 2nd, any Illinois voter can cast their ballot in certain designated polling place. The prohibition on electioneering, i.e. campaigning inside a polling place, still apply, even if the voting isn’t on election day.
Schakowsky joins a group of people walking into an early voting precinct. She is asked if she is excited about voting that day:
"Actually I’m gonna walk in with these folks but I’m gonna vote on Election Day"
You can’t do that.
Only people voting, election officials or credentialed poll watchers can enter a voting precinct. We don’t know exactly what she did or said inside the polling place, since the cameraman, observing the law, stayed out of the polling place.
But, we don’t need to know. Her presence alone constitutes electioneering."
Antoher case of election law swept aside by a Democrat. This gets even better. She made another appearance and got even more brazen:
"Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) delivered this speech to Democrats at a restaurant in Chicago–with U.S. Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias and Governor Pat Quinn in attendance:
"All around the country, people are trying to replicate what we do in Chicago. They–we have a tradition of knockin’ on doors, of pulling people out–you know, people, they talk about “message” and “persuasion.” Here’s our message: “I don’t get off your doorstep until you get out to the polls and vote.” That’s our message! That’s our message!"
There’s nothing wrong with going door-to-door and urging people to vote. There is something wrong–and illegal–with “pulling” people out of their homes, or threatening that you won’t leave until they do what you tell them.
It’s called intimidation, and it is a felony under Illinois law–even if it is, in Jan Schakowsky’s experience, a “tradition” in Chicago politics.
There are two reasons to be concerned about Schakowsky’s exhortation. One is that it may be part of a national strategy for desperate Democrats in this election cycle. Indeed, her husband, Washington insider and convicted felon Robert Creamer, gave the same advice (almost word-for-word) in a recent Huffington Post column. (And repeated it. And repeated it again. And again.)
The other reason is that Schakowsky and Creamer are ardent supporters of Card Check (euphemistically called the “Employee Free Choice Act”), which will take the secret ballot away from workers in elections to form unions. Schakowsky’s method of campaigning will be exactly the sort of pressure that workers will suffer if Card Check ever passes: “I won’t get off your porch until you sign up.”
This is typical leftist machine thuggery. Watch out Illinois, they're going to cut-off your winter heating oil and electricity if you don't vote them in. They're sick like Stalin!
Background Reading:
BigGovernment.com: Dems Gone Desperate: Schakowsky Caught Electioneering in a Polling Place
BigGovernment.com: Getting Out The Vote, the Chicago Way
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