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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPhila. District Attorney launches task force to investigate voter intimidation
Daily PennsylvanianPhiladelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner has launched a task force to counter voter suppression and protect polling locations from potential violence on Nov. 3.
The task force consisting of local prosecutors and detectives will be responsible for reviewing and investigating complaints until and after election day, PhillyVoice reported. The task force will also seek to root out misinformation about the security of voting by mail.
In an effort to avoid voter intimidation, Krasner announced that the task force will work alongside the City Commissioners and our partners in law enforcement, government, and community to ensure that no Philadelphian is intimidated, misled, threatened, or harmed as they cast their ballot, PhillyVoice reported. Measures to ensure voter security will also include preventing individuals from using guns to intimidate voters and election workers in or near satellite election offices and polling stations.
More than 2 million voters have requested mail-in ballots in the city, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. This is the first year that all Pennsylvanians will be eligible to vote by mail after the passage of a 2019 law. Local elections offices began sending out the first 100,000 requested ballots at the end of September.
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Phila. District Attorney launches task force to investigate voter intimidation (Original Post)
brooklynite
Oct 2020
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bbernardini
(9,938 posts)1. Too bad the FOP is on the side of those who would do the intimidating. nt
brooklynite
(94,594 posts)2. I started out as a Ward Committeeman in Philadelphia
There has never been evidence that Philadelphia police looked the other way with respect to election interference.
The Magistrate
(95,247 posts)3. I Agree, Sir
I expect police in all major cities can be relied on to protect the integrity of polling places.