Crime & Safety
Trump Supporter Who Was Too Close To Polling Entrance Asked To Move: Police
The man was too close to the entrance of the polling location at Hasbrouck Heights Borough Hall, police said.
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J. — Police asked a man holding a Donald Trump sign at Borough Hall Tuesday morning to back away from the polling location because he was too close, authorities said.
A resident called in the man to police shortly before 10 a.m. and called back again a few minutes later, said Lt. Michael Colaneri Jr.
A Twitter user posted that police were trying to keep the man away from the polling location.
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Hasbrouck heights police out with Trump supporters on the boulevard trying to keep them away from the polling place #Trump
— Justin Derevyanik (@justinhfd126) November 8, 2016
The man cooperated and there was no reported violence and no charges were filed, Colaneri said.
Electioneers must be at least 100 feet away from the entrances of polling locations in New Jersey, per state law.
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