Serious question that I don't know the answer to. Looks like bad optics at a minimum for someone like her.

Do you mean is she on the wrong side of that sign (which I assume is outside a polling place)? Good question. From experience, I know local candidates and supporters routinely get as close as possible to those lines (and signs) outside polling places. I think it's 150 feet from polling place in Georgia, plus 25 feet from a voter standing in line. Don't know where this is (New Hampshire?).

Let's not remotely be surprised if this is just the angle of the shot, agreed?

Free speech zone?

(02-09-2016 09:27 AM)shiftyeagle Wrote:  Free speech zone?

Safe zone. She was only allowed to say stuff they agree with.

(02-09-2016 09:20 AM)gsu95 Wrote:  Do you mean is she on the wrong side of that sign (which I assume is outside a polling place)? Good question. From experience, I know local candidates and supporters routinely get as close as possible to those lines (and signs) outside polling places. I think it's 150 feet from polling place in Georgia, plus 25 feet from a voter standing in line. Don't know where this is (New Hampshire?).

Yeah. The actual story didn't have anything to do with where she was standing in relation to the sign. I just wondered if shaking hands and meeting people was included in the definition on campaigning. I would assume so but the way election laws are written there's no telling.

(02-09-2016 09:27 AM)Lord Stanley Wrote:  Let's not remotely be surprised if this is just the angle of the shot, agreed?

Are you saying that would be her excuse if this were an issue?

(02-09-2016 09:33 AM)200yrs2late Wrote:  

(02-09-2016 09:20 AM)gsu95 Wrote:  Do you mean is she on the wrong side of that sign (which I assume is outside a polling place)? Good question. From experience, I know local candidates and supporters routinely get as close as possible to those lines (and signs) outside polling places. I think it's 150 feet from polling place in Georgia, plus 25 feet from a voter standing in line. Don't know where this is (New Hampshire?).

Yeah. The actual story didn't have anything to do with where she was standing in relation to the sign. I just wondered if shaking hands and meeting people was included in the definition on campaigning. I would assume so but the way election laws are written there's no telling.

Because she herself cant vote in New Hampshire yes, it would be included.

(02-09-2016 09:33 AM)200yrs2late Wrote:  

(02-09-2016 09:27 AM)Lord Stanley Wrote:  Let's not remotely be surprised if this is just the angle of the shot, agreed?

Are you saying that would be her excuse if this were an issue?

That's a lot of reading into my comment.

My guess is that she is on the correct side of the sign while the angle of the photograph makes it seem otherwise.

(02-09-2016 09:40 AM)Lord Stanley Wrote:  

(02-09-2016 09:33 AM)200yrs2late Wrote:  

(02-09-2016 09:27 AM)Lord Stanley Wrote:  Let's not remotely be surprised if this is just the angle of the shot, agreed?

Are you saying that would be her excuse if this were an issue?

That's a lot of reading into my comment.

My guess is that she is on the correct side of the sign while the angle of the photograph makes it seem otherwise.

I wasn't reading too much into it. It's pretty hard to claim angles in this picture with the overlapping layers. Sign in front of woman in black coat, woman in black coat in front of Hillary.

I could see your theory if the sign were a little more to the left and not overlapping the woman in the black coat

(02-09-2016 09:40 AM)Lord Stanley Wrote:  

(02-09-2016 09:33 AM)200yrs2late Wrote:  

(02-09-2016 09:27 AM)Lord Stanley Wrote:  Let's not remotely be surprised if this is just the angle of the shot, agreed?

Are you saying that would be her excuse if this were an issue?

That's a lot of reading into my comment.

My guess is that she is on the correct side of the sign while the angle of the photograph makes it seem otherwise.

I am certainly no Hillary fan, but I agree it's either a weird angle, or simply that the same message is printed on both sides.

(02-09-2016 09:58 AM)200yrs2late Wrote:  It's pretty hard to claim angles in this picture with the overlapping layers. Sign in front of woman in black coat, woman in black coat in front of Hillary.

Which leads me right back to my comment of "Let's not remotely be surprised if this is just the angle of the shot, agreed?" if another picture comes out showing she is outside of the no campaigning area.

Also, it assumes that the sign is in the right place as well.

I'm sure she's on the correct side of the sign....

for me, the bigger issue (and she's not the biggest nor worst offender) is that this simply exemplifies that candidates will move RIGHT UP to whatever line we set for them.

It's pretty obvious that the whole idea of not campaigning outside polling places is to allow people to be free of those final influences as they walk to the poll... I mean, it's not like people voting in what is ONLY a vote on this one item (as opposed to one of perhaps dozens of items on a regular ballot) don't know she's on the ballot.

Frankly I don't think there should be any ads or anything else in the 24 hours before a vote. Let people FIND answers if they are looking for them rather than to have 'suggestions' thrust upon them at the last minute.