That’s how I learned PHP in a week with no Internet or reference books. Had a couple open source projects on a thumb drive, an a strong urge to eat sometime that month. Reverse engineered one project into a movie rental system, and sold it to a gas station for $500.

God, that code was awful

Report directly to the authorities

100% agree with this. You reported the post in politicalmemes with this as the reason:

misinformation; these phone numbers route to a politically-aligned organization

What was the misinformation? The title says “[META] Where to call if you witness anyone intimidating or harassing at polling places.” and the image clearly states who is behind it.

If you can state that they aren’t there to help, and provide proof, I’ll back down, but the fact that you came at it as “lies”, that’s a bold claim.

Again, contact authorities, but there’s nothing wrong with having other avenues to assistance.

I agree, but every avenue at our disposal are forms. They will receive them, and I encourage that people DO report them to the FBI and Justice department. What I’m also saying is that those methods async, while this one is offering real-time assistance.

I would never say “don’t notify the authorities”. I am just saying that if you can put some weight behind your report and get it resolved while you are there, that’s a good thing too.

You assuming that because they are a political org, they will play partisan politics, so to ignore them out-of-hand makes me wonder what you would do in their position.

Not all people are evil, and again, I’m not saying not to report to the proper authorities. I’m just saying that reporting to the proper authorities may take weeks or months, where this may help you in minutes or hours - in time for the vote.

I called the top number (the “NATIONWIDE” number).

They were very prompt. I asked them if someone - regardless of political leaning - were to call, what they would actually do, and how this would be a better solution to other services like the ones listed by OP.

One thing is there’s no real-time solution available anywhere in the U.S., from what I can find, nor what they are aware of.

Next, when we call, they will route your call to the proper escalation path, depending on the nature of the call. This also means that if you’re being intimidated, they will reach out to the law enforcement for your polling station (city/county/state as needed). This is regardless of your political leaning. They would be contacting the proper authorities on behalf of the Democratic National Support Hotline, which carries a bit of weight, as they do have an army of lawyers at their disposal, for if it’s not resolved in a timely fashion.

I was on hold for a while to get a better understanding of how things worked, to see if this was, in fact, a valid and viable option.

Yes, it IS partisan org, but they state they will not play partisan politics with intimidation.

TL;DR: they are there to do something the government can’t/won’t - provide immediate resolution to voter intimidation regardless of your political leaning.

Sadly, I didn’t. I live in Iowa. Just learned about “beggars night”.

Hey, mod here. I’ve removed 2 of your comments, because they were trolling. Please read the rules. The next time this happens, we will be giving you a temporary ban.

I agree. While I’ve seen some crazy shit, it’s not hard for the GOP to plant shit while committing felonies.

Just check mod logs for “genocide”. Many are those people

Aww. You think you matter to me. I’ll forget you in a couple minutes. You’ll still be mad.

Yet here you are. Complaining.

Personal attack. Guess you haven’t read the rules. I’m not removing this, but other mods may.

It does make me more qualified. As a mod, I see some shit. Things you don’t have to.

You said it better than I ever could

What a weird timeline

You da real MVP

As a mod, I’ve seen this too much.

Not saying all, but many green party people advocating for Harris’ defeat. As much as they may hope, Jill Stein was never a viable option, so who were they rallying for?

Those are the same people I never heard advocate for green party at local, county, state, or other federal office positions.

A few - like 3-5 people - were militant enough, I can believe it COULD be (not saying it was) a leftist.

“we need money to fund our special military operation kthxbye”

Hey, mod here. What they are saying is correct. Police intimidation/fear is justified for a large percent of the population, even those that are law-abiding. That’s why the phrase “walking while black” exists.

I urge you to not make these kind of comments, as they detract from the overall conversation. I also urge you to edit or remove this comment, as it violates rule 1.

As a mod, what I can say is this:

If something of yours is removed, or you receive a ban, send us a message. We can work through it. Also, if you see something, report it.

We’re volunteers, and don’t police every comment or post, as we have full-time jobs. We tend to look at the reports, try to gather some context if time allows, then take action or not, based on the community rules.

Thanks for your feedback. I really appreciate it!

Hey, mod here. Your comments can be taken as ignorant (not dumb/stupid), or trollish. If it’s the former, let me educate you.

Churches have been used as polling stations for MANY years, and is a completely common occurrence.

If you knew this and were trolling, please stop.

Looking back, that was a bad day, with tons of reports coming in, and I believe the mod team was just working the reports as fast as they could.