A top Republican state lawmaker disagreed with efforts to block police from being stationed at polling locations. | Adobe Stock
A top Republican state lawmaker disagreed with efforts to block police from being stationed at polling locations. | Adobe Stock
North Carolina Speaker of the House Tim Moore (R-Cleveland) called out state Democrats for reportedly attempting to ban police officers from being stationed at polling areas.
"Families deserve better than their own leaders putting them in [harm's] way to serve a radical and dangerous political agenda," Moore said in an Oct. 13 Facebook post.
Moore shared an Oct. 13 Washington Times article in his post; which reported that the North Carolina State Board of Elections stated that the police officers, in uniform, are a method of voter intimidation.
"It is not appropriate or permissible for law enforcement to be stationed at a voting place," a Board of Elections memo said, the Washington Times reported. "County boards of elections must be mindful that some voters find a law enforcement presence at the polls intimidating."
According to the Washington Post, the NC Association of Chiefs of Police said in a statement that officers will follow the policy for wearing uniforms on duty and that local boards of elections should be aware that officers may come to vote in uniform.
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