In a scathing rebuke, a federal judge on Thursday denied the Pennsylvania Republican Party's effort to allow poll watchers from anywhere in the state monitor precincts on Election Day. The state Republican Party filed for a temporary restraining order Oct. 21, claiming that the current Pennsylvania law regarding poll watchers is unconstitutional. State law allows poll watchers to monitor locations only within the county in which they are registered to vote. "The poll watchers will all need to be properly credentialed in Philadelphia County and they will all seek those credentials between now and election day. "The content of a poll watcher's statements cannot be characterized as political speech," Pappert said.

Source: ABC News November 03, 2016 14:48 UTC