Polling Employee Wears Obama Shirt
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Channel: WTVC NewsChannel 9 · 2012 · News & Politics
by Mikaya Thurmond It all started when one of our viewers tipped us with this tweet. He sent us this blurry photo that he claimed showed a poll worker wearing an Obama sweatshirt at the Tyner Community Center voting precinct.From there, we sent our cameras inside the center to take a look for ourselves.Before entering into the building, this sign was plastered on the front door.Tennessee Code states that an "officer shall measure one hundred feet from the entrances and place campaign-boundary signs at that distance." But just a few feet away, the woman also seen in the photo, stands greeting voters as they enter the building.The polling manager told us that he was completely unaware of this issue. However, the Tennessee Board of Elections wasn't.The Hamilton County Attorney, Chris Clems, tells me that he expects these kinds of issues to arise at least 4 or 5 times per election season.But that this issue has been resolved.
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