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Mon Nov 9, 2020, 02:20 AM Nov 2020

Philly official (R) responsible for vote counting says office getting death threats

BY DOMINICK MASTRANGELO - 11/08/20 09:29 PM EST

The Republican city commissioner in Philadelphia whose office is responsible for counting votes in the city, said his staff has been receiving death threats since the count began there last week.

"From the inside looking out, it all feels very deranged," Al Schmidt said during an interview that aired Sunday on CBS News' 60 minutes. "At the end of the day, we are counting eligible votes, cast by voters. The controversy surrounding it, is something I don't understand."

Schmidt said critics of his office have been "coming up with all sorts of crazy stuff" about the integrity of the city's election systems and casting doubt on the impartiality of vote counters ...

https://thehill.com/homenews/525075-republican-philadelphia-official-responsible-for-vote-counting-says-office-getting

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