In Cumberland County, SHIPPENSBURG TWP., 81 WALNUT BOTTOM RD., caller phoned in to report an incident at a polling place involving a microphone. Caller is a guest at a Best Western who earlier today observed someone with a megaphone outside the polling place next to the hotel telling people that they had to form separate [...]
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At LOWER OXFORD E, ELKDALE RD at Lincoln University in Chester County, caller reported that the line at her polling place has been 4-6 hours long all day, and that many voters are simply leaving rather than wait in line. Voter has a young child, and cannot wait in line for that amount of time.
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In Pittsburgh at PITTSBURGH 19 12, the polling place was recently moved from St. Pamphilus Church to a new location that confused many voters. The caller phoned on behalf of her daughter, a new voter, and complained that the polling place was in a private residence, a garage of a residential house down a dead [...]
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In Richboro, Bucks County, at NORTHAMPTON TWP 1, 2ND ST PK & WORTHINGTN MILL RD, a staff supervisor at a residential institution, Gertrude A Barber Ctr, called to report that several of her clients who are eligible to vote are being denied the ability to do so at their polling place. Her clients disabled, some [...]
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In Bucks County, BENSALEM TWP LOWER WEST, 1311 BRISTOL PIKE, a caller reported that a poll worker asked if she was a republican or democrat, and when voter told her that she was a Democrat, poll worker went to a machine and pointed out two specific Republican candidates (Dean Geramilo (?) for State Senate and [...]
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At W GOSHEN N-3, West Chester, PA in Chester County, caller reports only 6 voting booths and lines around the corner; 3- 4 hour wait
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In Blair County, LOGAN TWP DIST 4, 1501 E WALTON AVE, a hotline caller reported that all machines at the polling place were down. The voter asked for an emergency paper ballot, at which the election official said that they didn’t have any. They turned voters away and asked voter to come back in approximately [...]
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This from Collegeville, PA, Montgomery County; caller stated that as she left the polling place at at catholic church and there is a female with a sign that reads “obama promotes the killing of children” and there was a chair with ’some sort of fetus’ she stated. Caller was incredibly offended and called the action [...]
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This posting from Postvar Hall rings all too familiar to me. I was there myself in 2004 when the same thing happened. Call report is as follows:
Alleged McCain supporters are attempting to get all election protection and hospitality volunteers kicked out of Posvar hall, which effects 2 precincts. They’ve called lawyers for the campaign. No [...]
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By the way, even Tim Robbins gets the blues while trying to vote.
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