(CNN) A Tennessee poll worker was fired for asking voters to turn their shirts supporting Black Lives Matter inside out, violating his training as a nonpartisan election worker, according to a local election commission. But the fired poll worker, who the election commission didn't name, "brought his personal bias into the job" when he asked the voters to turn their Black Lives Matter shirts inside out, Thompson told CNN. The phrase "Black Lives Matter" can stand on its own or refer to the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, a network of decentralized activists who demonstrate in their communities. The congressman said the same polling place has seen previous incidents of voters being told not to wear clothing associated with Black Lives Matter. Thompson said she didn't know if the poll worker was involved in the incidents Parkinson described.

Source: CNN October 20, 2020 20:03 UTC