Skydyvyr
Registered
I doubt the issue with what she was doing had anything to do with people changing their minds at the last minute, but has everything to do with intimidation. If anyone in that polling place was intimidated by her, or even the people she was with, and that caused them to vote differently than they might have otherwise, or chose not to vote at all, that would be bad.
I agree that outside the polling place you may speak your peace as loudly as you want, but once you are inside, everyone has the right to peace and a sense of security -- free from any intimidating behavior.
Freedom of speech does have its limits; for example it is not ok to run into a dark theater and yell "FIRE!", no more than it would be ok to wander through an airport talking about bombs. Different places have different rules regarding limits on speech; in fact, the lack of complete freedom of speech on this forum is one of the things that make it such a pleasant place to communicate.
The rules in a polling place are that you must keep your opinions to yourself. Wise people set those rules to help ensure fair and untampered voting.
--Sky
I agree that outside the polling place you may speak your peace as loudly as you want, but once you are inside, everyone has the right to peace and a sense of security -- free from any intimidating behavior.
Freedom of speech does have its limits; for example it is not ok to run into a dark theater and yell "FIRE!", no more than it would be ok to wander through an airport talking about bombs. Different places have different rules regarding limits on speech; in fact, the lack of complete freedom of speech on this forum is one of the things that make it such a pleasant place to communicate.
The rules in a polling place are that you must keep your opinions to yourself. Wise people set those rules to help ensure fair and untampered voting.
--Sky