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Tim Robbins Couldn't Vote -- Cops Called

Posted Nov 4th 2008 2:00PM by TMZ Staff

Tim Robbins tried voting at his NYC polling place earlier today. There was some kind of ruckus and the cops were called.
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Apparently, Robbins has been voting at that polling place for more than a decade, but today his name wasn't on the register. They told Robbins he had to fill out a provisional ballot but he didn't want to do it. An argument erupted between Robbins and the poll worker. Robbins allegedly got loud and the poll worker said he was calling the cops.

Robbins accused the poll worker of trying to intimidate him so he wouldn't vote.

Robbins went downtown to the City Board of Elections to get proof he was good to vote.

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16. What a jerk. If any "average" person (meanin non-celebrity) had an issue with the register, they would have to fill out the provisional ballot, and work it out later. Those are the rules. He doesn't deserve special treatment, and his vote does not count more than anyone else's. I hope he had to wait in line TWICE.

Posted at 2:31PM on Nov 4th 2008 by Mary

17. I can't believe that the camera guy is following people all around NY to see who votes and still has not voted? I bet he's not even going to vote.

Posted at 2:21PM on Nov 4th 2008 by HUH?

18. Maybe NYC isn't his primary residence. I hope the jerk didn't vote in LA, too!

Posted at 2:22PM on Nov 4th 2008 by Jeff Dranetz

19. At least he cared enough to vote to fight for it. Whatever else you may think of him, he stood up to vote. I only wish more people would care as much.

Posted at 2:24PM on Nov 4th 2008 by honesty

20. Good for you, Tim! Give 'em hell!

Posted at 2:24PM on Nov 4th 2008 by moveover00

21. Knowing what a liberal whacko he is, he probably already voted in California and was trying to vote again in NYC. Talk about your voter fraud!

Posted at 2:27PM on Nov 4th 2008 by truthisonmyside

22. NUT JOB!! trying to intimidate him so he wouldnt vote?? what the?? you know him and the poll worker were probably voting for same candidate! He needs to get over himself - has been loser!!!! What a nut job and this man can vote? scary!

Posted at 2:29PM on Nov 4th 2008 by Kim

23. http://www.politicalbyline.com/2008/11/04/new-black-panther-party-intimidating-voters-in-pennsylvania/

Posted at 2:33PM on Nov 4th 2008 by jays

24. He's such an idiot anyway. Polling places change all the time. His place to vote is probably different than it was last time and he didn't check.

Posted at 2:35PM on Nov 4th 2008 by devil_dawg_wife

25. Who here has EVER had a problem when went to polls to vote? I think its a very very very small percentage. This guy is a loose cannon with no brain cells to rub together-Hollyweird =(

Posted at 2:30PM on Nov 4th 2008 by Kim

26. What a self-important douche!

Posted at 2:31PM on Nov 4th 2008 by Emma

27. i've heard that Robbins was an a-hole. It really seems that its true. He wants 'celebrity' treatment and cries when he doesn't get it.

Posted at 2:32PM on Nov 4th 2008 by cmjnm

28. CORRUPTION-CORRUPTION...IT IS WHAT DEFINES THE LIBERALS!

A Minnesota professor who admitted on the Huffington Post that he stole campaign signs for John McCain posted along the highway has resigned.

Phil Busse left his temporary post at St. Olaf College after the school learned of his Oct. 30 posting, "Confessions of a Lawn Sign Stealer," in which the visiting professor admitted to snatching signs from Highway 19 in southeast Minnesota, the Northfield News reported Monday.

"This summer and autumn it was speckled with McCain signs, their cobalt blue squarely set against the gold and red of fall foliage," he wrote on the Huffington Post. "By early October, however, there were no McCain-Palin campaign signs on the eastbound stretch of Highway 19. It wasn't because loyalties had switched, but because I pulled them out."

David Gonnerman, a spokesman for St. Olaf College, told the News that the school learned of Busse's actions on Friday.

"The administration made clear that Mr. Busse's actions were in direct conflict with the college's values and mission and that the college did not in any way condone them," Gonnerman said.

Busse was a visiting professor and taught one class at the college, introductory media studies. He was charged with misdemeanor theft after he told Rice County law enforcement that he took three yard signs, the News reported.

In his blog post, Busse said "yanking out the signs and running like a scared rabbit back to my idling car was one of the single-most exhilarating and empowering political acts that I have ever done."

He faces up to 90 days in jail and or a $1,000 fine, the paper said.

Posted at 2:33PM on Nov 4th 2008 by stop the con-man

29. What a "Don't you know who I am???" moment. Like he was somehow victimized. Poor poll worker. Sometimes the are mistakes in life, Tim. Don't throw a tantrum, deal with it.

Posted at 2:40PM on Nov 4th 2008 by smoozy

30. You're an embarrassment to us Democrats, Tim. Grow up.

Posted at 2:42PM on Nov 4th 2008 by elena

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