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Clerk warns poll workers about weapons at school polling sites, outlines poll-watcher rules
Summary
During training April Trickey said some voters had carried firearms into school polling locations; she instructed workers to post signage, ask people to remove weapons before re-entry, call 911 if needed, and reviewed borough poll-watcher application rules.
At a training for precinct workers, April Trickey, the borough clerk, raised safety concerns about polling locations situated on school grounds and described steps election workers should take if someone brings a weapon into a school-based polling place. "There were voters that came into the polling location who was carrying a sidearm," Trickey said, recounting incidents that prompted discussions with school administrators.
She advised that when a facility (such as a school) allows…
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