Philadelphia DA says behavior at polls 'more aggressive,' no arrests made
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner said that while he believes behavior at the polls has been "a little bit more aggressive," no arrests have been made in the city.
Matt Stiegler, senior adviser to the DA, said the office is "monitoring" reports of voters recording poll workers. Stiegler said the DA has gathered these from media reports, but he wouldn't say whether poll workers have reported cases of being recorded.
"Hidden camera recording of election workers and voters and poll workers, that's not normal," Stiegler said. "If that's occurring, then that's a significant escalation of what's happened in the past."
Krasner said his office has seen no indications of voter fraud. Any irregularities, however, would likely not be reported until later in the evening, he noted.
"We do not have reports of anything that looks like voter fraud...We do not expect to have it, but if it's there, we want to know about it. We don't want to hear a bunch of crazy fiction later about how things happen," he said.
"If we start to hear about it at nine o'clock after the polls are closed, you should be rightly suspicious of what you are hearing."
DA Krasner repeated his warning yesterday that consequences would be in order for lawbreakers.
"There are handcuffs, there are cells, there are courtrooms, and there are Philadelphia jurors who are definitely going to want to know why it is a person tried to erase their votes, block their votes, bully their votes, or take away their votes," he said. "We're voting in Philly. We're voting our conscience. We're voting for whoever is our favorite candidate."
-ABC News' Chris Boccia
