Right to Life aims to be seen at polls
Anti-abortion group asks people to wear shirts bearing group's name while working Election Day venues. By Lynn Hulsey, Staff Writer
DAYTON — Dayton Right to Life is recruiting people to work the polls on Election Day, telling them they'll be allowed to wear shirts bearing the anti-abortion group's name and asking them to donate the $95 the county pays them to the organization, according to Christi Dodson, executive director.
The plan has voter rights advocates outraged and the Montgomery County Board of Elections planning to reconsider allowing any logos on clothing worn by the people who work at the polls. "You don't want people with a political ax to grind wearing their politics on their shirt in the polling place," said Ellis Jacobs, senior attorney for Dayton-based Advocates for Basic Legal Equality. "I think the secretary of state is going to need to weigh in because this undermines the neutrality of election workers." To read the rest of this article in the Dayton Daily News, please visit their website at http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/07/21/ddn072107polls.html. |
