GOP Poll Watcher Was Temporarily Blocked at Philadelphia Voting Site

GOP Poll Watcher Was Temporarily Blocked at Philadelphia Voting Site
Voters cast ballots in primary elections in Philadelphia, Pa., on June 2, 2020. Jessica Kourkounis/Getty Images
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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.