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From Adam Hurtubise, CITY CLERK
4:09 pm today - e mail message
Second, during the time that the voting machine was being replaced at the Brooks School, Election Consultant Sandra Gale and I were called to the Gantcher Center to resolve a situation in which two poll workers were behaving unprofessionally to the poll warden and to the police officer on duty at the Gantcher Center. That unprofessional behavior did not have anything to do with election activity or voting. We attempted to persuade the poll workers to correct their inappropriate behavior. One of the poll workers promised to correct her behavior but her male colleague refused our repeated requests that he do so. Ms. Gale and I then ordered the male poll worker to leave the polling place. The male poll worker refused to leave the building.
At that point, the Medford Police Officer assigned to the polling place attempted to arrest the male poll worker. The male poll worker then assaulted the police officer, and while the police officer was attempting to restrain the male poll worker, the female poll worker assaulted first the police officer and then Ms. Gale. Both poll workers were arrested and removed from the Gantcher Center.