What was the debate about? Something incredibly stupid: If a poll watcher, with a certified certificate from the City of Philadelphia, allowed the gentleman to be in the actual voting area or if he had to “step back 100-to-150 feet. Because the debate was getting more interesting the longer I listened, I pulled up a chair, pulled out my cell phone, and snapped a few photos. At the right, you see the poll watcher — the man with the gray, long hair — being tag-team debated and challenged about his “appropriateness” of being in the polling area.
My primary concern and reason for my actions were to ensure my vote — as well as the votes of all other citizens in my area — really do count, are counted, and all things at the polling place are handled legally and ethically. For those reasons, I did call the Philadelphia District Attorney Voting Complaints Hotline. The District Attorney’s office, obviously, has legal jurisdiction over all polling place, including committee person’s with too big of an ego and too little background on dealing with poll watchers (not to mention voters).
