2020 Election

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(09-21-2020, 02:22 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: The election officials contradicted the statements by the filmmaker, though. They said contrary to the posts on social media (likely referring to the guy Fox 5 interviewed as well since he kicked off the social media maelstrom) the protesters stayed about 100 ft away.

Video shows them in front of the building.  Scott said they had to bring the voters inside.  

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3az949/trump-supporters-are-already-intimidating-voters-at-the-polls

Quote:One county official said the group intimidated voters who were waiting to vote, and another part of the government building had to be opened up to voters who were moved inside.

“Citizens coming into and leaving the building did have to go by them,” Fairfax County general registrar Gary Scott said in a statement to the New York Times. “Those voters who were in line outside the building were moved inside and we continued operations. Some voters, and elections staff, did feel intimidated by the crowd and we did provide escorts past the group. One of the escorts was the county executive.”

If they were 100 feet away (over twice the required amount) they were moved there.

Trump Supporters came over to the early voting site to protest while people are in line to Vote in FairFax Virginia. #EarlyVoting pic.twitter.com/Lkkl4o2aAc

— Anthony Tilghman (@AnthonyTilghman) September 19, 2020