A judge on Thursday issued a temporary restraining order barring a woman and others from harassing or intimidating voters after video of her yelling through a bullhorn outside a Las Vegas polling place went viral.
District Judge Joe Hardy’s order, issued in response to the ACLU of Nevada’s complaint against Clark County, requires county election officials to designate the narrow pathway leading to the voting area at Desert Breeze Community Center, near West Spring Mountain and South Cimarron roads, as the polling place’s entrance.
The ruling prohibits electioneering on or within 100 feet of the pathway and bars three women — identified as Jane Does 1-3 — from harassing, intimidating, or assaulting voters, including by following, recording, or blocking them.
The confrontation caught on video happened Oct. 17, the first day of early voting, according to the ACLU.
In what the ACLU described as one of the most egregious incidents from that day, the bullhorn-wielding woman, who was wearing a black vest with “Trump” emblazoned across its back, shouted an anti-gay slur at a voter before thrusting a bullhorn into the voter’s face, according to the complaint. Video also captured her making ...