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Smart Talk 10/14/2016: Election security; Congressional candidate Mike Molesevich


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When speaking to supporters at rallies across the country, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has often warned voters that next month's election could be rigged so that Democrat Hillary Clinton would win. Trump has been very vocal about the potential for a corrupt election in Pennsylvania -- especially in the city of Philadelphia.
As a result, Trump and Republicans are calling for more poll-watchers in the state and there is a little known law in Pennsylvania that allows a poll-watcher to challenge the identity of a voter and where that voter lives.
That raises the possibility of voter intimidation.
Dave Davies of WHYY Newsworks in Philadelphia recently reported on election security and joins us on Friday's Smart Talk to describe what he found.
WITF's Smart Talk is speaking with state and national candidates for office until November's election.
On Friday's program, Mike Molesevich, the Democratic candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in the 10th Congressional District appears on the program. Molesevich is running against Republican incument Congressman Tom Marino.
The 10th District includes Juniata, Mifflin, Snyder, and Union Counties and parts of Perry and Northumberland Counties. It also runs to the New York border and into northeastern Pennsylvania.
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