So the mayor and the former president walk into a polling place

If he had stayed outside and made a scene, then fine. He crossed the line because he campaigns for her and he was talking to voters while they were in the polling area. Who cares who you gave your vote to or whether he was a previous president, he shouldn't have been within 150' of the polls.

Voter fraud? Can't campaign within 150 feet of a polling place.

Can somebody explain something for me?

I've asked several people this (two questions, actually) over the years and nobody I've asked has ever been sure of the answer.

Looking at the actual polling place experience:

1. How is it that in liberal bastion Massachusetts, where I'm fairly confident that a majority decries votor ID laws in other states as racist, obstructionist, etc... they make it so #%&Q(Q#& difficult to stay on the rolls? I've been in this neighborhood in Boston for years now and I don't think I've ever had trouble. My wife, however... if she misses the primary election for dog-catcher one year, bam - she's off the book for the general election! I thought it was because we are often very spotty on returning our annual city census form in a timely manner (I don't think that's a good reason, but I would grudgingly understand if that was on the books), but when I asked a representative at the Secretary of State's office I was informed that this is NOT the case. The only way absence should result in somebody being dropped is if they miss two presidential elections in a row.

2. As a companion to #1 - What is the deal with uniformed, armed police working the polling place? Working not security, but at the tables where they check your name against the rolls? Again - if this were done in some state where votor ID laws were passed against votor fraud, people would be screaming against intimidation of poor, oppressed minorities, etc...!

Last one in the polling place from the family, noticed my wife checked R, think she must not want Trump. I pull a D to make sure Bernie gets in instead of cHillary. I get home and my daughter tells me one of her teachers pulled an R to make sure Trump doesn't get in either. I think they're going to have to start giving us multiple ballots so we can get one in for the one we want and our blocking strategy.

Is there any evidence that President Clinton or Walsh expressed support for Hillary while inside the polling place? This story provides none. No report of the incident I've heard says they were "electioneering". But right there in the lede - Clinton breaks the law.

The Clinton rules are still in effect. Shame on you, Adam.

As an independent un-enrolled voted it is disturbing to see Bill Clinton and Marty Walsh allowed to promote the Democratic party inside a polling station which is a clear violation of:

"(d) Activities at Polling Place. Within 150 feet of a polling place as defined in 950 CMR 53.03(18)(c), no person shall solicit votes for or against, or otherwise promote or oppose, any person or political party or position on a ballot question, to be voted on at the current election."

Posing for a photograph with a political party's ballot is absolutely promotion of that political party. I've sent an email to the Secretary of the Commonwealth and encourage anyone else who thinks we should maintain absolute neutrality of polling stations to do the same.

Within 150 feet of a polling place as defined in 950 CMR 53.03(18)(c), no person shall solicit votes for or against, or otherwise promote or oppose, any person or political party or position on a ballot question, to be voted on at the current election.

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Let's examine that.

Campaigns send their sign holders to polling places all the time and never give them training as to exactly what the law is. They create a gauntlet that makes it hard for people to vote. Eventually someone complains and you, the City Election Worker, has to go out to tell them to move from the door and follow that very law as quoted.

You are then greeted by a Neanderthal that gets in your face tells you to go F_off. Yes... I have experienced that. After that, the police are called and they move everyone back to the 150 ft limit. That lasts all of about 30-60 minutes if that and they eventually gravitate back figuring the police have better things to do, and after all... no one is going to stop them from shoving {shit} in people's faces and making it hard for them to even get inside to vote without being accosted.

I've seen it happen and in nice neighborhoods.

For what its worth, local politicians are the biggest offenders and they should know better. In fact I watched Angela Menino stand right in front of a polling place door the last time Tommy ran. No one could get by her without her saying hello and to vote for Tommy.

So while everyone has their skivvies in a knot about Bill Clinton, they only need to look at their very own state reps, senators, and city councilors for the worst offenders - or at least their campaign workers are. But the candidates need to take responsibility for their actions. They don't.

There should be a mandatory training session given to all of them and stiffer penalties.

Clinton never went inside. He remained outside along with the rest of the campaign workers who congregated there because of all the press coverage. Ch 5 was set up there from the night before even. He did nothing worse that the very people you all voted for - or their appointed reps holding signs, of shoving pamphlets in your face.

If it bothers you that much, make sure that you tell these people to move back 150 feet every time you go to vote. Your next shot will be in September at the state primary and in November at the general election.