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Great point. Maybe the legal observer and whistle approach, coupled with a de-arresting strategy would work? Im just throwing ideas out there. We need to be thinking and acting now to be ready come Nov.
The vanguard who doesn't have to fear ICE can go vote in the morning then just start gathering next to wherever they're hanging out. By midday the concept of anyone being stopped by the voting station will look infeasible.
Also, wherever MAGA is not firmly in control, protect vote by mail and early voting. And make sure people send their votes early enough to avoid postal manipulation.
I'm wondering what people think this "de-arresting strategy" is supposed to look like, exactly.
If you think you're going to get anyone who's just been kidnapped out of the back of the black SUV, you're going to need to turn up with more guys than they've got at minimum, and very quickly.
That's exactly how it works. You don't let them get to the back of the SUV in the first place, but there are more of us than there are of them.