Cincinnati Enquirer reporter threatened with arrest, and other shenanigans

[VolcanoJen]

From the Cincinnati Enquirer; you'd think they'd have noticed the cameras were rolling. The Jean Schmidt video is up on Atrios.

Pair Threatened With Arrest

Enquirer reporter Janice Morse and photographer Tony Jones are now being permitted to enter a Butler County polling place after they were threatened with arrest earlier this morning while attempting to photograph and interview Congressman John Boehner as he voted.

Boehner had told the media he would available for interviews this morning, but Jones and Morse were told by poll workers that they could not come into the polling place, which is at the Church of the Nazarene on Tylersville Road.

West Chester Township police had arrived at the church and were talking with poll workers.

Meanwhile, a videographer with WCPO-TV (Channel 9) was challenged by pollworkers about 6:30 a.m. after he shot video of U.S. Rep. Jean Schmidt voting in Clermont County. Bob Morford, news director, said authorities cited law regarding polling procedures. The crew member left with his video, which the station plans to use. WCPO is pursuing further legal advice.


Blog updating shenanigans:

http://www.cincinnatidatadesk.com/pages/voter.html

[MeDeMax]

1. keep up the vigilance VJ ... thanks for the update -- n/t

[AngryOldDem]

2. Were they trying to get into John's cubicle, or something?

Since when have media been barred from polling places?

And, since I'm asking, when does Warren County lock down its BOE?

Just gets curiouser and curiouser...

[MeDeMax]

3. after the polls close Warren locks is BOE counting location ...

due to threat alerts from Homeland security...or so they say.
Pat South & Frank Young and a few other repubs conspired in 2004 to do this.

"Warren's vote tally walled off"
"Alone in Ohio, officials cited homeland security"

http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2004/11/05/loc_warrenvote05.html


Here is her Bio, member of the club all the way :

http://www.co.warren.oh.us/county/officials/south.htm