Blocking poll watchers is illegal. My mother used to be a poll watcher in a predominantly urban, black precinct and was amazed at how orderly, honest and well run the operation was. My father also was a poll watcher in a majority Democratic and white precinct. There was all kinds of mischief there--in the primaries they would not even issue Republican ballots. It was the Democrat machine at work, and it was horrible. That was the 1960's.
Blocking poll watchers is illegal. My mother used to be a poll watcher in a predominantly urban, black precinct and was amazed at how orderly, honest and well run the operation was. My father also was a poll watcher in a majority Democratic and white precinct. There was all kinds of mischief there--in the primaries they would not even issue Republican ballots. It was the Democrat machine at work, and it was horrible. That was the 1960's.