The AP has a report on today’s fracas down at the Pennsylvania Department of State. Apparently that earlier report of the arrest of a Green volunteer was incorrect.
The fight broke out early on the fifth day of counting, although witnesses disputed who started it and who broke it up.
Democratic volunteer Alex Hartzler said a Green Party volunteer elbowed a Democratic volunteer, and that another Green Party volunteer threw a punch at a court official, who had moved in to break it up.
Green Party volunteer Charles Sherrouse said the court official was the first to become physical, grabbing another Green Party volunteer to break up the argument. The dispute ended in the hallway outside when Sherrouse and others separated the official and the volunteer, Sherrouse said.
The Green Party is being aided by volunteers who signed in from Santorum’s campaign, and the signature counters have been arguing all week, witnesses said. The fight on Friday was the first physical altercation, they said.
Ed Myslewicz, Press Secretary for the Department of General Services, which oversees the Capitol Police, told me that six officers responded to the incident, but that they were able to restore order. No charges have been filed and no one was injured, he said.
