James Williams
/ cleveland.com
(AP) -- A poll worker in Cleveland accused of biting a voter’s nose during an Election Day argument has been charged with assault.
53-year-old James N. Williams of Cleveland was charged Thursday with the misdemeanor, and jailed to await a court hearing Saturday.
Williams is accused of head butting and trying to bite off the nose of a voter who helped a campaign volunteer in an argument over signs posted near a Cleveland polling place Tuesday. The man who was bitten, Greg Flanagan, needed hospital treatment.
What apparently sparked the scuffle was Flanagan telling the poll worker not to “act like an ass.” He says his language did not merit an attack. Williams’s job on Election Day was being a rover, and checking for voting problems.
Court records don’t reflect Williams having an attorney.
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