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A Republican poll watcher in the Philadelphia, PA was denied entry to a polling location despite having a valid poll watcher's certificate days after State AG Says 'Trump Will Lose' -. In a viral video posted by attorney Will Chamberlain, which gained over 700,000 views in less than two hours, poll watcher Gary Feldman can be seen attempting to enter a polling station, only to be turned away by workers who claim his certificate 'isn't valid for this location.' "Call the police!" says one poll worker, adding. "If you legal, call the cops." "I have a city-wide watcher's certificate," said Feldman, to which another poll worker replied "That's not for this location." Poll watchers are allowed to challenge the identity or residency status of a voter in the event they suspect fraud, along with inspecting voting machines and making sure poll workers aren't influencing the vote in any way. The incident happened days after Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, a Democrat, tweeted: "If all the votes are added up in PA, Trump is going to lose."

Poll watchers are allowed to challenge the identity or residency status of a voter in the event they suspect fraud, along with inspecting voting machines and making sure poll workers aren't influencing the vote in any way.
The incident happened days after Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, a Democrat, tweeted: "If all the votes are added up in PA, Trump is going to lose."
Interesting, to say the least. What did he mean by that?
And in other news, voting machines are reportedly down in Westmoreland & Philadelphia counties, according to @PhillyGOP.
Pennsylvania is a major battleground state this year, with pollster Nate Silver proclaiming that if Biden doesn't win the state he'll become the underdog.
"Maybe a lot of little things add up and Biden loses Pennsylvania by half a point, and then he doesn't quite pull off Arizona or North Carolina. He does have other options. ... But still, without Pennsylvania, then Biden becomes an underdog," said Silver.
Perhaps this is why President Trump has deployed an 'army' of volunteers and paid staff to watch elections in Democratic-leaning precincts - an effort organized by veteran GOP operative Mike Roman, a former White House aide from Pennsylvania who once ran a secretive in-house intelligence unit for the Koch political network.
Roman has organized what he claims are 50,000 poll watchers.
"Our Elections Day Operations are designed to make sure that everyone that is legally entitled to vote has the opportunity to vote, once," said Erin Perrine, Trump 2020 director of press communications in a video aimed at recruiting poll watchers. "We all know that the Democrats will be up to their old dirty tricks on Election Day to make sure President Trump doesnât win. We cannot let that happen."
Meanwhile, President Trump was censored by Facebook and Twitter for a Monday tweet claiming that a Supreme Court decision allowing an extension for ballot counting in Pennsylvania "will allow rampant an unchecked cheating."
The man was later allowed in the polling site, Kevin Feeley, a spokesman for the Philadelphia City Commissioners, told ProPublica.
“The mistake was corrected, and the guy was admitted,” he said, claiming it was an isolated incident.
Meanwhile, Roman, a veteran Republican operative, shared Chamberlain’s post on the morning of Nov. 3, alleging that similar episodes were occurring across the city.
“DEMOCRAT ELECTION OFFICIALS BANNING TRUMP POLL WATCHERS IN PHILLY,” Roman wrote. “This is happening all over the City. The steal is on!
Roman also reported what he alleged to be illegal campaigning activities at a number of polling places. In another Twitter post, Roman shared an image of a man purportedly distributing pro-Democrat flyers to voters waiting in line to cast their ballots. The flyers appeared to be instructing voters to vote for Democratic candidates for various state and federal offices.
ILLEGAL campaigning INSIDE of a polling location in Philly. Man in blue is handing out DEM literature to voters IN LINE TO VOTE. This is why DEMS are keeping TRUMP WATCHERS OUT. They are STEALING it! This needs to STOP! pic.twitter.com/qnJ3D8o2ie
— Mike Roman (@mikeroman) November 3, 2020
According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, every state has some form of restriction on electioneering near polling places when voting is taking place. In Pennsylvania, state law prohibits bringing campaign materials, including signs, banners, and literature within ten feet of polling places. Activities that aim to influence or persuade voters are also forbidden in that range.
The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office didn’t immediately respond to an inquiry by The Epoch Times about the allegations by Roman.