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Polling station moved because of "Black Lives Matter" banner nearby
A church in northeast Fresno was removed as a polling place after County Clerk/Registrar of Voters Brandi Orth received complaints from voters about Black Lives Matter banners on the property.
The large elevated signs face the street outside the Unitarian Universalist Church of Fresno.
“The county asked us to cover the banners for Election Day on Nov. 6,” the Rev. Tim Kutzmark wrote in a letter to his congregation. “We informed the county that our banners were non-partisan/non-political and were a theological and civil rights statement, so we would not cover them.”
Read more here: https://www.fresnobee.com/news/politics-government/election/article220919265.html#storylink=cpy