Ky. poll worker charged with assault, interfering with election

CNN & AP ^ | November 07, 2006

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- A poll worker was arrested Tuesday and charged with assault and interfering with an election for allegedly choking a voter and pushing the voter out the door, an official said.

Election officials called police, and the voter wanted to file charges, said Paula McCraney, a spokeswoman for the Jefferson County Clerk.

[IMissPresidentReagan]

And I thought I had a difficult time voting. :D Sounds like a typical election day in Louisville, unfortunately.

[TampaDude]

I'd be interested to know the party affiliation of both the voter and the poll worker, and if they knew each other.

[vollmond]

Maybe the voter had it coming?

[BigSkyFreeper]

Democrats starting street theater early.

[Darkwolf377]

The Democrat Get Out the Vote Strategy--kill every voter you're suspicious of one at a time.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I'd be interested to know the party affiliation of both the voter and the poll worker, and if they knew each other.

Since party affiliation is not mentioned and this is apparently a city of Louisville precinct, my bet is that the assaulter was a (D) and the assaultee was an (R).

[YouPosting2Me]

If you read the headline really fast it sounds more like a strip club story...

[Dixie Yooper]

Maybe the voter had it coming

Maybe the voter wasn't supposed to be voting?

[LibLieSlayer]

If this had happened here in Mississippi, the poll worker would have been dragged outside, tied to a tree, doused with sugar syrup and sprinkled liberally with fire ants!

LLS

[Hegemony Cricket]

Just a training session/demonstration of what REAL disenfranchisement looks like.

[HOTTIEBOY]

the voter was obviously Republican and the official was obviously democrat.

How do I know this? Because CNN didn't say. Thats how.

If a Republican would have choked a Dem, CNN would have blasted it over every outlet and made it front page news.

[HitmanLV]

Reminds me of the cool reaction i got when I voted at a primary election in downtown nyc one day. When I got to the desk, the old crow working the location screeched out 'democrat?'

I made a disgusted face and said, "Ma'am, PLEASE!"

Didn't go over well with her, or most of the slobs on line behind me. Dem-heavy city, you know.

[Liz]

Maybe it was an illegal alien trying to vote fraudulently?

[Hexenhammer]

"The Democrat Get Out the Vote Strategy--kill every voter you're suspicious of one at a time. "

Kill them so you know they will vote Democrat.

[RamingtonStall]

Perhaps the Assaulter thought the "R" stood for Rutgers!

I guess they take their Football serious in Louisville, KY.

RamS

[sappy]

tolerant, diverse and inclusive Dem poll worker, no doubt.

[digger48]

While I'm pretty sure I could take the nonagenarian who keyed the machine for me, a couple of those gals taking signatures looked like they could hold their own

[TampaDude]

"Perhaps the Assaulter thought the "R" stood for Rutgers!"

LOL...BTW, my father went to Rutgers...SCARLET KNIGHTS, BABY!!!

[mrsmith]

In 2003 this county tried to bar Republican observers...

Now they have them arrested and call CNN.