[GOP] Pol Says Online Voting Post Was Joke; Officials Not Laughing
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/pol-online-voting-post-joke-officials-laughing-42892173
A Republican councilman said he deleted an online posting
about casting presidential votes via Facebook and Twitter
because people didn't realize he intended it as a joke, but
state officials are taking the matter seriously. No state
allows voters to cast ballots via social media, and
Pennsylvania's election oversight agency warned voters not to
be misled by posts claiming otherwise. The governor's office
also issued a statement that said efforts to disrupt the
election would be prosecuted. Joshua Lorenz, a Pittsburgh
attorney and councilman in Murrysville, told The Associated
Press the meme -- which said, "Vote Hillary November 8th" and
"You can vote at home comfortably online" -- was meant as a
joke for his friends. He said he took down the post within a
couple hours Saturday because "the person who had questioned
it, who I thought was a friend, had apparently misconstrued
it."
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