GOP Barred From Sending Poll Watchers to Philadelphia
- Judge tells Republicans they can’t ask poll watchers to travel
- Party argued state election provision violates constitution
A poll worker organizes stickers in Philadelphia on April 26, 2016.
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Pennsylvania Republican poll watchers can’t travel to cities including Philadelphia to watch for purported voter fraud, as Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has urged, a federal judge ruled.
The judge on Thursday denied a GOP request to overturn a provision of the state’s election law requiring poll watchers to be registered to vote in the county they serve. Republicans said the law was unconstitutional.