DNC files lawsuit to bar citizen journalists from the polls!

WASHINGTON (PNN) - November 1, 2016 - The Democrat National Committee has filed a lawsuit against the Donald Trump campaign, state Republican Parties, and Roger Stone’s “Stop the Steal” group - asking the court to bar “citizen journalists” from the polls. “The campaign of Donald J. Trump, Trump’s close advisor Roger J. Stone, Jr., Stone’s organization Stop the Steal Inc., the Ohio Republican Party (ORP), and others are conspiring to threaten, intimidate, and thereby prevent minority voters in urban neighborhoods from voting in the 2016 election,” the lawsuit claims.

In reality, Stop the Steal is simply planning to have volunteers conduct their own exit polls outside polling stations. Despite their never having mentioned targeting minorities, or intimidating anyone, multiple outlets picked up the Democrat’s version of the story after Stop the Steal announced their effort.

“The Clintons had to cheat and rig the system to steal the Democrat nomination from Bernie Sanders. Why wouldn’t they try to steal the election from Donald Trump?” Stop the Steal’s website states. They are calling for “targeted exit polling in targeted states and targeted localities that we believe the Democrats could manipulate based on their local control, to determine if the results of the vote have been skewed by manipulation.”

Democrat outlets such as the Huffington Post and Media Matters have posted breathless articles claiming that exit polling, which is conducted by every major media outlet, is somehow intimidation if done by an organization that favors the Republican candidate.

“Trump and Stone appear to be of like minds when it comes to deploying citizens to the polls on Election Day to watch other citizens vote. Trump regularly encourages his supporters to stand guard on Election Day at polling stations in areas where the population is largely made up of minorities and watch the polls,” the Huffington Post wrote.

The article quoted Trump, where he makes absolutely no mention of targeting minority voters.

“You’ve got to go out, and you’ve got to get your friends, and you’ve got to get everyone you know,” they quoted Trump saying at a rally in Pennsylvania, “and you’ve got to watch your polling booths. I hear too many bad stories, and we can’t lose an election because of… you know what I’m talking about.”

We Are Change spoke to Jack Posobiec of Stop the Steal to learn more about their efforts and the lawsuit.

“Our exit polling plan is very simple, we are going to dress in neutral, non-partisan clothing and request voters take the survey after they are finished voting. We are using the same types of questions that the Associated Press uses regarding how someone voted, their top election issues, and asking their demographic info. The only difference is we are going to focus on one party rule precincts that have been reported to have irregularities in the past, such as in inner city Philadelphia,” Posobiec explained.

When asked to clarify whether or not they intend to campaign, or harass, voters before they enter the polls, Posobiec stated that is not their intention.