Pro-Recall 'Volunteer' Embedded Himself At Chinatown Polling Place

San Francisco CA

21 February, 2022

2:34 PM

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By Yujie Zhou, Mission Local February 21, 2022 At least one precinct in San Francisco's Tuesday election broke the rules regarding electioneering inside a polling station. Entering Precinct 7327/7328 at the City College's Chinatown North Beach Campus at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Mission Local discovered a man loitering near the polling booths. Clearly visible through his unzippered black coat, he wore a yellow "Recall the school board" campaign T-shirt. For the duration of the next 40 minutes, the man sometimes stood directly in front of the voting booth – an otherwise restricted area – almost as if he was the one voting. At no point did any of the poll workers at the scene ask him to leave. According to the man, who said he was not a citizen, he had already mailed in his vote before Tuesday, and he was at the polling place to help the seniors as a "volunteer." To read the full article, click here. Mission Local covers San Francisco from the vantage point of the Mission, a neighborhood with all of the promise and problems of a major city. You can support Mission Local here.