Tag Archives: Voter intimidation

The Delaware Valley Journal reports: Ryan Herlinger, a spokesperson for Delaware County said, “On Monday, October 28, 2024, an incident occurred at the Voter Service Center located at the Government Center Building in Media, PA, resulting in the arrest and removal of a woman who, according to multiple eyewitnesses, was disruptive, belligerent, and attempting to influence voters waiting in line. …

NBC News reports: National Republicans kicked off their in-person recruiting efforts Friday in the crucial battleground state of Michigan as part of their broader effort to build up an Election Day army of 100,000 poll monitors intended to combat the infrequent problem of voter fraud. National GOP officials, including Republican National Committee Chair Michael Whatley and co-chair Lara Trump, as …

The Associated Press reports: A group has been impersonating government officials, harassing New York residents at their homes and falsely accusing them of breaking the law, state officials have warned. But what sounds like a scam aimed at people’s pocketbooks is actually part of a shakedown with a much different target: voters. State prosecutors have sent a cease-and-desist order to …

NBC News reports: A federal lawsuit is accusing police in North Carolina of voter intimidation after they deployed pepper spray during a get-out-the vote rally and hauled several participants to jail in a chaotic display of pre-Election Day discord. The complaint, filed late Monday against the police chief of Graham, a rural community west of Durham, and the Alamance County …

The Washington Post reports: In an appeal filed Wednesday morning, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel (D) said the state’s citizens have been unnerved by recent events involving guns, including an alleged plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) recently described by federal authorities. Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s ban on openly carried guns, she said, ensures that Michigan voters would …

Denver’s NBC News affiliate reports: The landlord of a trailer park in Fort Morgan allegedly sent a note to residents warning rent would most likely double in price if Joe Biden becomes President. 9NEWS received several emails from Fort Morgan residents concerned about the legality of the letter, calling it a form of voter suppression. The Colorado Secretary of State’s …

Tampa’s ABC News affiliate reports: A Trump campaign spokesperson says two men dressed as armed security guards who set up in a tent outside an early voting location in downtown St. Petersburg were not hired by the campaign. Thea McDonald, Deputy National Press Secretary for the Trump campaign, told 8 On Your Side: “The Campaign did not hire these individuals …