Virginia Officials Arrested For Violating Voter Protection Laws…(Lock ‘Em Up!)
PHILLIP STUCKY
DailyCaller.com
03/16/2017
Two members of the Altavista, Va., town council were arrested for campaigning in a polling place on Election Day, according to a Wednesday report from a local ABC affiliate.
Both Michele Brumfield and James Higginbotham were arrested earlier this week under the charge, “prohibited activity at the polls.”
The Virginia statute forbids anyone to “loiter or congregate within 40 feet of a polling place,” and the law further forbids anyone to hand out campaign material during that time period.
The two were campaigning well within the boundaries set by local election officials, and were ordered to stop, according to Lynchburg Commonwealth’s attorney Mike Doucette. The two continued campaigning despite repeated warnings.
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