Pennsylvania Gun Carriers Want Old Polling Places
Posted: Mon, 05 Mar 2012 11:44:35
Supervisors from two townships on Wednesday asked the Lancaster County Board of Elections to reverse polling place changes made last year in their municipalities.
Part of the reason they want the changes undone is so voters can exercise their Second Amendment right to keep and bear firearms.
Duane Sellers, chairman of the Martic Township board of supervisors, asked the Election Board to move the township's polling place from Martic Elementary School back to Mount Nebo United Methodist Church.
And Conestoga Township Supervisor Steve Charles requested his township's polling place revert back to Conestoga Volunteer Fire Company, reversing last year's move to Conestoga Elementary School.
Both men said their constituents want the old polling places restored for a variety of reasons, including the fact that they cannot legally carry guns onto school property.
"It's not really so much that I want to carry that day, it's that it's another right that's trying to be eroded," Sellers said.
Conestoga resident Dan Behmer told the Election Board he's a law-abiding citizen who doesn't like being unarmed.
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Part of the reason they want the changes undone is so voters can exercise their Second Amendment right to keep and bear firearms.
Duane Sellers, chairman of the Martic Township board of supervisors, asked the Election Board to move the township's polling place from Martic Elementary School back to Mount Nebo United Methodist Church.
And Conestoga Township Supervisor Steve Charles requested his township's polling place revert back to Conestoga Volunteer Fire Company, reversing last year's move to Conestoga Elementary School.
Both men said their constituents want the old polling places restored for a variety of reasons, including the fact that they cannot legally carry guns onto school property.
"It's not really so much that I want to carry that day, it's that it's another right that's trying to be eroded," Sellers said.
Conestoga resident Dan Behmer told the Election Board he's a law-abiding citizen who doesn't like being unarmed.
Read more: http://lancasteronline.com/article/loca ... z1oG2MB2jg