LOL: Ga. Voter Arrested for Wearing Costume

[directfiesta]

Ga. Voter Arrested for Wearing Costume

October 30, 2004 10:45 p.m. EST



GAINESVILLE, Ga. - A man wearing a John Kerry T-shirt and President Bush mask at an election office was charged with disorderly conduct for breaking a law that bans campaigning outside polling places, police said.

Kevin Dodds also was charged with the seldom-invoked crime of wearing a mask. A Georgia law aimed at the Ku Klux Klan makes it illegal to wear masks except on "holidays and special occasions."

The case started Friday, the last day of Georgia's early voting period, when Dodds' wife went to vote accompanied by an infant wearing a Kerry-Edwards shirt. Poll workers asked the woman to turn the child's shirt inside out so she could remain and vote, but she allegedly refused and left.

Later that day, Kevin Dodds went to the polling place saying he wanted to protest the objection to the baby's shirt. A police report said Dodds stood outside screaming, sometimes using foul language, and refused requests to take off his mask.

When Dodds, 35, was arrested, he "reeked of alcohol," said police Sgt. Chris Robinson.

Poll workers didn't get his wife's name. A phone call to a listing for Kevin and Susan Dodds was not immediately returned.

State law prohibits campaigning within 150 feet of a polling site. Signs outside polling places explain the law, which even bans voters from wearing stickers promoting a candidate.

All the charges are misdemeanors, punishable by up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine.

Tempers .... Looks promising for Tuesday...

How many deads do you expect ?


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Mark the thread, I/m telling you, lives WILL be lost.

[Marcus Aurelius]

nice. this happened in my town and I hear it on GFY..

[tootie]

Originally posted by mdcq
nice. this happened in my town and I hear it on GFY..

Yikes, my hometown, too. Scary

[directfiesta]

The other side of the coin:

Colorado teacher kicks student for wearing GOP shirt
Published Sat, Oct 30, 2004

DURANGO, Colo. (AP) - A part-time college instructor has apologized for kicking a student because he was wearing a Republican shirt.

Fort Lewis College student Mark O'Donnell said he was showing people his College Republicans sweat shirt, which said "Work for us now ... or work for us later," when Maria Spero kicked him in the leg at an off-campus restaurant.

Spero then said "she should have kicked me harder and higher," said O'Donnell. "To physically take that out on someone because you disagree with them, that is completely wrong."

Police Sgt. Mitch Higgins said Saturday that O'Donnell wanted to press charges and a misdemeanor summons would be issued.

Spero, a visiting instructor of modern languages, apologized to O'Donnell in a letter dated Oct. 29.

"I acted entirely inappropriately by kicking you, giving vent to a thoughtless knee-jerk political reaction that should never have happened," she wrote. "Before the incident, I did not know you and that you are a Fort Lewis student."

The college also formally apologized, said David Eppich, assistant to the school's president.

O'Donnell said the apology wasn't enough and he plans to file a complaint with the college.

The only phone number listed in Durango for the surname Spero was constantly busy Saturday.

Durango police did not immediately return a call seeking comment.

Telling you, smells like shit....

[directfiesta]

Originally posted by mdcq
nice. this happened in my town and I hear it on GFY..

Bush and Kerry always visit GFY for the latest news....

[Marcus Aurelius]

Originally posted by directfiesta
Bush and Kerry always visit GFY for the latest news....

The would do good to. every item to make the news about them shows up here.

[Marcus Aurelius]

Originally posted by tootie
Yikes, my hometown, too. Scary

Tootie! you live in gainesville also. very cool, its a small world.

[tootie]

Originally posted by mdcq
Tootie! you live in gainesville also. very cool, its a small world.

Not anymore, but I lived there all my life until a couple of years ago.

[baddog]

I believe it has always been against the law, in every state, to campaign at a polling spot.

[wvuatl]

I like the GA law that invokes crime for wearing a mask

[blazi]

that's f*ckin' hilarious!!

[thumbsUP]

Fucking christ , I live in a own full of crazy ass people , even better I hear it on GFY. Hey MDCQ wazza happening

[Marcus Aurelius]

Originally posted by thumbsUP
Fucking christ , I live in a own full of crazy ass people , even better I hear it on GFY. Hey MDCQ wazza happening

Holy shit man. I'm alive..how bout you? Open your IM.