A Maryland man was arrested on Monday after he refused to wear a face covering inside a polling place, according to police.
During the first day of early voting, which state officials are anticipating will break records, Daniel Swain, 52, and his 22-year-old son went to a firehouse in Jarrettsville to vote. However, despite Maryland’s long-standing order from Republican Gov. Larry Hogan than anyone over 5 wear a face covering indoors, neither father or son Swain were wearing one, according to the Baltimore Sun.
Election officials offered Swain, a former Baltimore County Department of Corrections captain, the option of voting in an outdoor voting booth and the option of putting on a face mask to no avail. Swain reportedly called the requests “unconstitutional” and claimed there was no law that said he couldn’t vote indoors without a face mask.
After arguing for an unspecified amount of time, the Swains were asked to leave the polling place around 3:15 p.m. The younger Swain complied, but his father, a former Baltimore County Department of Corrections captain, refused and was arrested.
Swain was charged with trespassing and failure to comply with the executive order. Records indicate he was released on his own recognizance.
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We should make a law that voters have to speak clearly and articulately before being allowed to vote. Only have it not be an actual law but some “enforced recommendation” like the mask thing. See how long it takes for their side to complain about the legality of such a decree.
If it was me and they insisted I wear a mask that if did not bring with me to vote, I would go out to the car and come back in 5 minutes wearing my clean Fruit of the loom Jockey shorts on my face, with my chocolate bar smeared on the front, then give them back their pens after putting it in my mouth. If these loose Democrats insisted their people wear condoms, they like force WE THE PEOPLE to wear face masks, the American world would be a much safer place.
DrG, imo it would take less than a day, before the left were suing that rule, as being ‘racist/bigoted/hateful, and wanting it overturned…
This is disenfranchisement. I did the early vote last week in Florida, masks were optional. The worker at the door did not wear a mask, the ones inside I saw were wearing masks. About half the voters were wearing masks, the other half were breathing the sweet air of Liberty. Even Newsom knows you can’t force a mask to vote.
I saw 4 folks, when i was voting here in Ohio, who didn’t wear them. DIDN’T see a single person raising hell about it.
Bah. Bah, bah bahhh, bah. Bah, bahhhh bahh bah bah.
And I am sticking to it.