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Tens of Thousands Want Ex-President Bill Clinton Arrested

A petition by a Bernie Sanders supporter called for the arrest of the former president for illegally electioneering for his wife at polling stations.

Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton in January 1999. | Photo: AFP

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As of early morning Thursday, more than 70,000 people have signed an online petition calling for the arrest of former United States President Bill Clinton on the basis that he violated election regulations on Super Tuesday by visiting several polling stations in the state of Massachusetts.

“This is a call for the immediate arrest of President Bill Clinton for clear, knowing and egregious violation of the campaign laws to swing an election in a significant way. It could not be any clearer in the Massachusetts General Laws,” the petition, addressed to the Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, said.

The petition was created by Chicago resident Veronica Wolski, who is a self-identified supporter of U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.



In her petition, Wolski argues that Bill Clinton violated the law by promoting his wife’s campaign at three different voting locations.

The law in the state says that “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... within 150 feet of a polling place.”

The petition stresses that Bill Clinton was not a registered voter in Massachusetts and was told by a voter to refrain from being at the polling stations. Instead, he “chose to violate” the law as he “would have no other business in a polling station on election day besides campaigning for his wife.”



Clinton visited three polling stations in the state, greeted voters outside the stations and entered some of them, talking to polling staff. Videos and photos of him were posted on social media as users questioned the ethics behind his visit.

Angela Grace, a Massachusetts native and a volunteer with the Sanders campaign, said Bill Clinton interrupted the voting for at least half an hour as he arrived at one of the polling stations with his security.

“He completely blocked this poll for a good half hour at least,” Grace told American Herald Tribune. “Mayor Mitchell was instrumental in putting this whole thing on, and he endorsed Hillary right smack in front of the doorway to the voting poll.”

Grace has branded Clinton’s actions “corruption” and said the Sanders campaign is “going up against a lot.”

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