Film Crew Must Ask Permission At Bucktown Polling Site
By Monica EngFilm Crew Must Ask Permission At Bucktown Polling Site
By Monica Eng
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A documentary crew that was filming inside a Bucktown polling site Tuesday has been asked to stop and ask for voter permission.
This comes after voters complained to election officials and took to social media with the issue.
Putting off voters in P36, W32. Voters don’t choose polling stations but should choose whether to be filmed there. @WBEZ @WGNNews pic.twitter.com/dlLeWmwYEE
— Martha-Marie (@kleinhansmm) November 8, 2016
Within hours those officials had contacted the film crew to say it had overstepped its bounds. The crew took down the sign and proceeded to ask permission before filming anyone inside the polling site.