Erie County restricts activities of openly armed residents near the polls if they aren't voting

[RandySF]

ERIE — Elections officials in this swing county took new steps Tuesday to combat rising concerns of voter intimidation at the polls, banning gatherings of two or more voters openly carrying guns near polling places, and forcing armed residents who aren’t voting to keep their distance.

But a constitutional law expert said the restrictions will almost certainly face a court challenge.

Voters in Pennsylvania are legally allowed to carry guns to the polls. The resolution by the Erie County Board of Elections sought to place limits on activity that could be seen as intimidating by people in close proximity to the polls who are not voting.

The move comes a week after the Washington Post reported that a group called Open Carry Pennsylvania may be monitoring polling places on Election Day. In September, the Erie Times-News reported that racist and threatening fliers also promoting a white supremacist group were dropped in residents' driveways.



https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/spl/pa-erie-county-open-carry-election-polls-intimidation-20201028.html

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

1. Good. I don't live anywhere near there, but I'd be a bit

exercised if I saw open carry assholes near my voting place.

added on edit:

Unless they were masked. Then I might cut them a bit of slack. But not much. They still shouldn't be so fucking insecure they need to display weapons everywhere.