Memphis poll worker fired for turning away voters carrying Shadowy Lives Matter shirts

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A poll worker in Memphis, Tennessee, has been fired after turning away early voters who maintain been carrying “Shadowy Lives Matter” and “I Can’t Breathe” shirts, an elections reliable stated Monday.

The worker became once fired Friday after officials received a call from a survey on the Dave Wells Neighborhood Heart in Memphis, Shelby County Election Fee spokeswoman Suzanne Thompson stated.

Tennessee law does not allow voters to wear devices bearing the name of a candidate or a political occasion in a polling space. But utter law does not restrict statements reminiscent of “Shadowy Lives Matter,” Thompson stated.

The different of voters who maintain been told to leave became once no longer true away identified, but Thompson stated it became once simplest just a few. The poll worker belief the statements maintain been tied to the Democratic Birthday party, Thompson stated.

“That became once horny frightful,” she stated. “They weren’t supposed to be turned away.”

Early voter turnout forward of the Nov. 3 election has been stable in Memphis and all over Tennessee. Early voting ends Oct. 29 in the utter.