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Sledgehammers bashing open polling places, cops called to the Mummers Museum, and more Election Day mishaps!
The Committee of Seventy, Philly's elections watchdog, just sent CP its most recent update on Election Day mishaps.
Sledgehammers bashing open polling places, cops called to the Mummers Museum, and more Election Day mishaps!
The Committee of Seventy, Philly's elections watchdog, just sent CP its most recent update on Election Day mishaps.
The best first:
Real Numbers of Problems with Machines/Polling Places. As I reported earlier, there were numerous reports of malfunctioning voting machines and late poll openings across the city. In total, we had 24 reports by 9 a.m., with more coming in since. One unconventional way to make sure the polls open happened in West Philly: Poll workers tried to open the door, but the key broke off in the lock. A sledgehammer solved the problem. Seventy is not recommending this approach.
(The City Paper, on the contrary, awards the City Paper Badge of Civic Merit to whoever just bashed that thing open on behalf of voters).
Other issues:
We have at least 10 specific reports of problems with court-appointed Minority Inspectors, including some kind of confrontation at the Mummer's Museum in South Philly. The police and the District Attorney's Office were called.
(Philadelphia Police's Public Affairs unit told CP no information is available on the incident yet)
Another problem in South Philly occurred at the Palumbo School where the polls opened 30 minutes late because poll workers were "arguing." At the Whittier School in Northwest Philly, a Minority Inspector was seated but reported to us feeling intimidated and left. At the Allen School (also in NW Philly), the Minority Inspector was seated, but then asked to leave.
Identification. Also from Montgomery County are two reports from East Norriton that a Judge of Elections was demanding photo ID from all voters. (Identification is required only for first-time voters or voters casting a ballot for the first time in a new division.) Seventy and the ACLU reported this to the Board of Elections in Montgomery County.
PhillyClout's Catherine Lucy reported earlier this morning:
Committee of Seventy reports that they've gotten complaints about machines being down at the Chestnut Hill Library, as well as some late openings and confusion over relocated polling places. And a reader tells PhillyClout that all the machines were down at Shawmont Elementary School this morning and voters were given provisional ballots.
[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Philly City Paper, Cicero Team, Karen T, Abby Fretz, Beth Becker and others. Beth Becker said: RT @committeeof70: Sledgehammers were used to open polling places in West Philly. 70 is not recommending this approach http://bit.ly/ah2pcm [...]
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