GOP Poll Watcher Was Temporarily Blocked at Philadelphia Voting Site BY GQ PAN November 3, 2020 Updated: November 3, 2020
A certified poll watcher was denied entry to a voting site in Philadelphia on Election Day, according to Mike Roman, the Trump campaign’s director of Election Day operations. The issue was eventually resolved by city officials and the man was admitted to the facility.
In a video posted to Twitter by Will Chamberlain, editor-in-chief of political magazine Human Events, a pair of poll workers appeared to tell a man that his poll watcher certificate wouldn’t grant him access to the Philadelphia polling place.
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“I have a citywide watcher’s certificate,” the man can be heard saying in the video. In a follow-up post, Chamberlain identified the man as Gary Feldman, whose certificate stated that it “authorizes the individual to watch in any ward/division in Philadelphia.”
After presenting the certificate, Feldman was told repeatedly that the document “is not for this location.”
“Call the police, do it,” the male poll worker told Feldman. “If you legal, call the cops.”
The man was later allowed in the polling site, Kevin Feeley, a spokesman for the Philadelphia City Commissioners, told ProPublica.
“The mistake was corrected, and the guy was admitted,” he said, claiming it was an isolated incident.
Meanwhile, Roman, a veteran Republican operative, shared Chamberlain’s post on the morning of Nov. 3, alleging that similar episodes were occurring across the city.
“DEMOCRAT ELECTION OFFICIALS BANNING TRUMP POLL WATCHERS IN PHILLY,” Roman wrote. “This is happening all over the City. The steal is on!”
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