FL Polling Clerk Fired After Telling Voter That Independents Are Not Allowed To Vote
From Orlando’s ABC affiliate:
A Polk County Polling Clerk has been fired after an issue at the polls Tuesday morning. According to Supervisor of Elections Community Services Director P.J. Leiva, A voter went to Precinct 216, located on South Lakeside Avenue, looking to vote Independent.
The voter was told she couldn’t vote because she was independent, and they didn’t have the correct ballots. After an argument, and a search, the voter was given the correct ballot and she was able to vote. The worker, who we’re told has been employed for a number of years, was fired shortly after an incident.
Back in March, a similar incident happened, when a Polk County couple was nearly turned away when they tried to vote. “We would have been turned away if we weren’t forceful about it,” said Theresa Wibert, who contacted News Channel 8 about the incident.
When Wilbert showed up to her registered polling location she was handed a ballot with only the names of Republican candidates. She spoke with two workers at her registered polling location, Precinct 321.
If this had happened to a Republican voter, Drudge and Breitbart would have the story in screaming headlines. Polk County is between Orlando and Tampa
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