LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Las Vegas police were called to Desert Breeze Community Center on the first day of early voting after a woman with a megaphone shouted at voters and was involved in an altercation with a man leaving the voting center.
Witnesses say the woman spent hours shouting remarks outside the Desert Breeze polls. Video shows her circling in the parking lot of the community center.
Confrontation outside voting center
The confrontation happened more than 100 feet away from the voting center.
Athar Haseebullah with the ACLU of Nevada was called to the polls by an election observer.
“She was screaming about, as people were walking in, that they were baby killers because of the reproductive rights question that she seemed very passionately opposed to.”
Other videos showed the woman yelling at voters as they left the polls.
“Take your vaccinated body with your cane and shove it,” she remarked in one clip.
“The reality is that this type of conduct is violative of law across the board, and we’re not talking about mere words. Battery is not a protected form of expression,” Haseebullah said. “And voter intimidation is also not a protected form of expression under the First Amendment.”
The ACLU says the confrontation captured on video is battery.
Response from law enforcement and officials
LVMPD responded and issued the woman a warning, which police said she complied with.
Clark County laws prohibit electioneering within 100 feet of a polling place.
Republican Bill Young, who is running for Clark County Recorder, was present and said that while her expression was intense, he did not believe she was breaking any laws.
“There are different groups, Democrats and independents and Republicans, that would actually maybe go closer to her and comment, sometimes at her and sometimes with her,” he said. “But it’s just the freedom of speech.”
He also said, “It wasn’t as bad as people think, but sometimes it could be annoying when people are having that kind of protest and exchange, and you’re trying to talk to people, and they don’t want confrontation. We just want you to vote and vote your conscience.”
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County and state statements
Clark County officials said in a statement, “We are aware of the incident. Aggressive behavior is not tolerated at election sites, and we train our election workers to recognize behavior that is concerning. The Clark County Elections Department has strong partnerships with law enforcement to respond to election sites as needed. The public should feel safe exercising their right to vote.”
The Secretary of State’s office said in a statement, “Voters and poll workers should feel safe when they’re voting and working — everyone deserves a free and fair election, and a safe environment to exercise their constitutional right to vote.”
The county declined a request for an interview. The Registrar of Voters did not respond to a request for more information on the incident.
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