ARREST ME!’: NYC Candidate Curtis Sliwa Tried Bringing His Cat to a Polling Site and Somehow That Wasn’t the Craziest Part of ItCurtis Sliwa, the Republican candidate for mayor of New York, tried casting his vote on the Upper West Side on Tuesday while accompanied by his cat Gizmo.
Then it got weird.
The New York Times reported that Sliwa was “irate,” and loudly bickered with poll workers. After being asked to remove his jacket that had his name on it, which is apparently considered unlawful campaigning at the polling site, the candidate shouted, “Arrest me!
After catsing his vote, he placed his ballot in the machine and it promptly jammed. It needed to be repaired. Also, “An election worker hurled an expletive at Mr. Sliwa while asking him to leave,” said the Times.
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