A US federal judge has issued an order, warning Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s campaign against harassing or intimidating Ohio voters.
US District Judge James Gwin ruled on Friday that anyone who hinders or delays a prospective voter from reaching the polling place and casting a ballot inside or near Ohio polling places would face contempt-of-court charges.
Gwin also ruled that pro-Trump operative Roger Stone cannot question voters “under the guise of the purported ‘exit polling’ or ‘citizen journalist’ operations organized and encouraged” by Stone and a group called Stop the Steal.
The ruling comes after Ohio Democrats have lodged a complaint that Stone was seeking to engage in his own version of exit polling, which they claimed was aimed at hassling voters.
“We think Democrats and Republicans have every right to hand out leaflets at polls and everything else but what we don’t want is harassment or intimidation and the judge…