Working-Photograph12 t1_j4uovuv wrote on January 18, 2023 at 11:34 AM

Reply to comment by BluCurry8 in LAWSUIT: FIRE sues Pennsylvania county after officials ban talking politics in a public park by NeatPeteYeet

No, I did gotv. To register people to vote we were only allowed on public property unless given permission by private property owners.

Added: In areas where most businesses were owned by Republicans. The parks were one of the few places we could set up.

Working-Photograph12 t1_j4upm9i wrote on January 18, 2023 at 11:43 AM

Pro tip: even though courts have repeatedly ruled that voter registration drives are not considered soliciting. Police do not know this and are too "my way, or the highway" about it to argue with. Just find a new spot. Or waste the day maybe even days for it.

BluCurry8 t1_j4uz4jt wrote on January 18, 2023 at 1:16 PM

How is collecting signatures and private data for a petition to “protect freedom of speech” voter registration drives?

Working-Photograph12 t1_j4vuak8 wrote on January 18, 2023 at 4:52 PM

Well if they are doing that there are laws against it already. Public spaces usually have "no soliciting posted." The article says they were doing voter registration. But FIRE mixes in polical bias and a host of other issues. The problem is police not enforcing the laws they are already breaking. No need to bann voter drives in parks because one group doesn't know how to properly do it.