By james art 
Washington State – Prosecutors in Island County have filed new accusations against an observer in a republican election, which refused to wear a mask while in a newsletter counting room last November.
The 57 -year -old Timothy Haislo from Oak Harbor was already facing a violation of the Mask Display on November 4 at the County Election Office in the Island County.
In the court documents filed last week, the prosecutor of the County of Gregory Banks has accused Hazel of a census for unauthorized access to a voting center, a crime of class C, as well as violations of offenses for violation and criminal offenses.
“We have to stand up when we believe something is wrong,” Hazelo told Komo News in an interview on Thursday.
Hazelo said he believed that Washington’s law did not allow the district auditor to impose a mandate mandate for election observers.
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“They can say,” Look, it is strongly recommended that if you feel sick, if you are not feeling well or feel safe or worry – we strongly recommend that you wear this mask, “he said. “The mandate goes too far.”
The arrest report of sheriff’s sheriff’s sheriff island said they had responded to the District Election Service on November 4 after an election employee said Hazelo refused to wear a mask in the room where the ballots were counting.
The report notes that the office has a published policy that requires workers and observers to wear masks.
“It was found that Hazelo would be offered one last opportunity to comply with the policy determined by the district auditor, to wear a mask in the voting rooms and if it continued to refuse to comply with politics, it would be asked to be asked to He came out of them into the room, “the report said.
Video from the camera’s body’s camera showed that MPs who say Hazlo should leave the room or wear a mask. Deputy’s report claims that Hazelo has headed for an election worker and said “I know who you are” before leaving the room.
This worker told the deputies that he was feeling threatened with the comment.
“Then Haislo stopped and tried to ask me if I would impose a policy, he said they had no right to determine,” the worker said. “I explained that I did not know what he claimed, only that he was disorderly in his refusal to leave the building. I advised Hazelo that I had nothing to do with determining the rules and that it did not follow the policies set by the auditor. “
Hazelo was the second person to be removed from the ballot room to refuse to wear a mask. The week earlier election observer Tracy Abul had been removed by the law enforcement authorities for not complying.
County County County County Country County Kryder told Komo News that she imposed a mask, as the Covid-19 has spread to the staff in the election service during the Primary August and she believes that the masks will help protect the ballot counters from potential Dangerous materials in ballots.
Election employees have created an “unmarked” area at the door of the ballot counting room where observers who do not want to wear a mask can stand.
Republican Party Party Washington Party Jim Walsh said he had taken a problem with the unmanaged surveillance zone and said he believed that the Washington Administrative Code did not allow an auditor to impose a mask when there was no wide outbreak.
Hazelo said he believed he would be justified in court.
“It has nothing to do with the mask, what has in common is at what point a politician is responsible for their decisions?” he said. “What decisions they can make and cannot make their level … I do not want to be charged with a criminal crime, I want the court to decide whether it can make that decision on its own.”