Some sheriffs said they plan to safeguard the midterm elections – even though that is normally the duty of election officials.
- Early voting in Berks County, Pennsylvania, is underway where voters face a short questioning by an armed sheriff deputy before they drop their early ballot in a secured ballot box.“He just asked if those were our ballots. And we said yes,” said Donna Gorman, a voter in Berks County.
County officials said there were no security issues with drop boxes, yet by September they adopted a new policy of deputies questioning voters, spearheaded by Leinbach. Some sheriffs said they plan to safeguard the midterm elections, even though that is normally the duty of election officials. Documents show his group recommends “increased patrol activity around drop box locations” and “video surveillance” with “access points directly on sheriff department computers” warning if they don’t do that the “opportunity for illegal activity is incredibly high.”“I saw the True the Vote documentary ‘2,000 Mules,’ ... It should open anybody’s eyes ...
“Law enforcement meddling in elections throughout history in this country has been used for oppressing Black voters, other minority populations. And the signaling there is, ‘We don’t trust you. We think you’re cheating,’” said Mary McCord, executive director of the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection at Georgetown Law.
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