And its doubtless creating "extra work" for election officials.

First they draw conclusions under the principle that anyone named Clinton, anyone who has ever known a Clinton and everyone who may have ever expressed a kind word for a Clinton is "evil" and then they seek out, select and omit "facts" that fit their narrative.

They're not aiming for "reality-based" narrtaives anymore.  Why in the world would I trust this crowd to get to the bottom of anything.

If I lost my car keys, they'd be screaming that Clinton stole them.

LB: You lost your keys?!

Me: Yeah, I know they are around here somewhere.  I just can't remember where they are.

LB: Hillary Clinton lives in DC while Congress is in session right?

Me: Yeah, so what?  I think I came in from the store...

LB: Well, she does live in the same town and you do and Congress IS in session right?

Me: Yeah, sure so what's your point.  I really hope the puppy didn't snatch them.  Can you look under that sofa for me please?

LB: The thing is that I don't think we have to look under the sofa.  I'm sure the puppy wouldn't have done that sort of thing.  Clinton on the other hand, she's probably trying to make it so that you can't drive to the polls.

Me: Whaa?  Um I can walk to the polling station if I need to that would be stupid.  Trust me the puppy is snatching lovely chew toys left and right.  It happens all the time.

LB:  How could you say something so HORRIBLE about your own puppy when you know how evil and calculating Clinton is!!!  You MUST support Clinton and hate your puppy?!

Me: No I don't hate my puppy.  These things happen with puppies...  UGH.  Can you please leave so I can find my keys and if you must you can call the Clinton campaign and ask them where Clinton is today.  I'll bet she's not even in town.

LB:  Doesn't matter if she is in town or not.  She could have sent Bill or maybe one of the Congressmen who live in the area.  It is definitely a voter suppression tactic.

Me: Yeah, well we already voted here and the general election is months away. I don't think they're suppressing my vote.  Really, please leave.  This is really irritating and you're kind of scaring me with your obsession with Clinton.  Take care and try not to get sued for slander or arrested by the Secret Service.

LB: Blah, blah, blah, Clinton evil, blah, blah.

Me: Yeah, right okay.  I'm in a hurry.  Bye.

The voter begins to open the envelope and the KGB officer asks what he is doing.  The voter says that he is curious to find out how he voted.

The KGB officer says that that is against the law, it would violate the secret ballot statute.  

Pre-blaming Sen. Clinton and whining that her supporters didn't play ball won't cut it.

Pre- the Obama madness there was at least some substantial basis to decry the lazy media argument that Dems were half responsible for every egregious right wing d0uchebaggery, when automatically slapping "half" the responsibility on uninvolved individual Dems or the party was ludicrous on its face.

That's just another mountain of accumulated cred that's been burned up in the push to transfuse Obama's weak campaign with juice.

What a gift of a storyline these power-crazed kingmaking lunatics have given the Rethuggernaut: the racist Clintons tanked the Obama campaign because (the b!tch) didn't fold and turn over HER juice to the cause.

If it's illegal, it seems barely so. I have no objection, especially considering that there aren't really going to be that many people going into the booth who don't know how they're voting at the top of the ticket, and even fewer will take the advice of some random flyer.

I've seen sample ballots.  I've never see sample ballots that also included candidate preference.  Democracy in action?  What's next? Purple fingers?

County Board to Produce and Distribute Sample Ballots. - The county board of elections shall produce sample ballots, in all the necessary ballot styles of the official ballot, for every election to be held in the county. The sample ballots shall be given an appearance that clearly distinguishes them from official ballots. The county board shall distribute sample ballots to the chief judge of every precinct in which the election is to be conducted. The chief judge shall post a sample ballot in the voting place and may use it for instructional purposes. The county board of elections may use the sample ballot for other informational

This is only governing the state-produced sample ballots that they are mandated to produce. It says nothing about the state being the ONLY one allowed to make sample ballots (NGOs aren't banned from producing them), nor does it give guidelines on non-state produced sample ballots. In other words, this statute is completely irrelevant. Why did MyDD post it?

The second statute:

Document Resembling an Official Ballot to Contain Disclaimer. - No person other than a board of elections shall produce or disseminate a document substantially resembling an official ballot unless the document contains on its face a prominent statement that the document was not produced by a board of elections and is not an official ballot.

Ok, this one is actually relevant. The sample ballot -- which clearly substantially resembles the official ballot, DOES contain a disclaimer of sorts that it was not produced by a board of elections. Look at the bottom, it says, "Paid for by the Winston-Salem Black Political Action Committee." Now, the question becomes does that necessarily imply to the recipient that it was not produced by a board of elections. I think it reasonably does. However, there's an "and" (not and "or") in the statute, and I see no unambiguous indication that it's not an official ballot. While its being paid for by the PAC does reasonably indicate that it wasn't produced by the board of elections, I don't know that it reasonable indicates that it's not an official ballot. There may be some disagreement on that.