Virginia elections chief scolds poll workers over reports maskless voters turned away

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The commissioner of the Virginia Department of Elections admonished poll workers after receiving reports of voters being turned away for not wearing masks.

“You may not turn voters away because they are not wearing masks,” Chris Piper said in an email to poll workers on Tuesday, adding that it “is not sufficient to offer curbside voting as an alternative.”

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