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Many jurisdictions have chosen not to enforce mask mandates at polling places so as not to discourage people from voting,At some polling sites, disputes over masks led to long lines, or some voters feeling intimidated and unsafe by those who chose not to wear them. Arguably one of the most divisive issues in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, poll workers around the country were faced with critical decisions about how to deal with people who don't want to wear them.
"I would call it a form of voter intimidation if you don't have people wearing masks, especially when our community has been so drastically affected," Héctor Sánchez Barba, executive director and CEO of Mi Familia Vota, a national advocacy group that organizes Latino voters told the Post., a local paper in Pennsylvania, reported some voters who noticed poll workers — who are required to wear masks but were not — believed the workers were conveying a political message.
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