CARMEL, Ind. — A poll worker at an early voting site in Carmel, Indiana, was removed from their post on Thursday. County Republicans are alleging illegal activity and said the local sheriff has opened an investigation.
The Hamilton County Republican Party released a statement on Sunday alleging that the poll worker, who has been asked not to come back to work, was a Democrat who attempted to pressure voters not to support a GOP-endorsed school board candidate.
“I have been in communication with local election officials to make sure poll workers are reminded that such activity, called electioneering, is illegal,” Hamilton Co. GOP Chairman Mario Massillamany said in a statement.
Massillamany confirmed to FOX59 that the sheriff’s office has opened an investigation into the situation.
In response to the county GOP’s claims, the Hamilton County Democratic Party released a statement Sunday denying allegations of illegal activity and offering the following explanation:
“It appears as though school board activists, supporting GOP-endorsed candidates, were too close to voting machines at a vote center in the county. After a poll worker brought it to the attention of election administrators, he was removed from working the site.”
Hamilton County Democratic Party
The Democratic statement went on to accuse the Republican party of embellishing the situation to gain leverage in the upcoming election.
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