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  conservatives claim that voter id is necessary to catch illegal voters but it turns out theyre the only ones creating fake ids to use on election day 
  trump supporters are taking trumps call to monitor polling places so seriously that they are creating fake id badges in order to infiltrate polling locations across the country and intimidate voters by interrogating them confusing them and filming them  all of which are illegal 
  but trumps deplorables are doing this in droves with the help of a rightwing group known as vote protectors 
  the group which is affiliated with top trump ally roger stone is giving people the ability to intimidate voters on election day they are literally teaching them to create their own fake badge which is designed to give them access to voters both inside and outside the polling places where citizens cast their votes 
  according to the huffington post  
  stones group created an officiallooking id badge for its volunteers to wear and its volunteers planned to videotape voters and conduct fake exit polls efforts that election experts say risks intimidating and confusing voters or at least thats what the group was planning to do before the huffington post asked stone about it on tuesday the controversial trump ally long known for his bareknuckled political tactics said that key proposals on his groups websites were there without his knowledge and assured huffpost that he would operate within the confines of election law 
  in fact after huffpo confronted stone with evidence that these kinds of tactics were being pursued by the website he acknowledged that vote protectors had a bad idea and ordered them taken down 
  campaign legal center deputy director danielle lang called the tactics a clear voter intimidation scheme 
  its inherently intimidating and an invasion of privacy she told huffpo in reference to the videotaping when thats being live streamed to the internet it amplifies the potentially intimidating aspect of it and violates a sense of security and privacy people have a right to enjoy at the polls objectively intimidating voters is unlawful no matter where you do it 
  indeed but thats exactly what donald trump has been calling upon his supporters to do because he has repeatedly claimed that the election is rigged against him 
  as it turns out hes right about the election being rigged only its conservatives who are trying to rig it in favor of trump 
  earlier this week a wisconsin city clerk in green bay got caught trying to intentionally prevent college students from voting by arguing in an email to the wisconsin ethics commission that an extra polling place should not be opened near the university of wisconsingreen bay because she has merely heard that students lean democrat 
  i was reading the statutes and read no site may be designated that affords an advantage to any political party republican appointed clerk kris teske wrote 
  uwgb is a polling location for students and residents on election day but i feel by asking for this to be the site for early voting is encouraging the students to vote more than benefiting the city as a whole i have heard it said that students lean more toward the democrats and he is a democrat i have spoken with our chief of staff and others at city hall and they agree that budget wise this isnt going to happen i would like to know your thoughts on this do i have an argument about it being more of a benefit to the democrats 
  so not only are trump supporters trying to rig the election with voter intimidation tactics using hypocritical methods they are using voter suppression tactics as well 
  and that is likely going to cause a lot of election day chaos voters should be prepared to stand up for their right to vote no matter what trumps deplorables try to do to keep them from exercising it 
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