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A Philadelphia man canvassing for a progressive organization was fatally shot by a fellow campaign staffer Monday while the two were handing out flyers ahead of the city’s mayoral primary election. Eddie Brokenbough, 46, was struck once in his left armpit by an unidentified 22-year-old staffer around 4 p.m. in the East Germantown neighborhood, police said. Brokenbough was rushed to a nearby hospital but died 15 minutes after he was shot. It is unclear what kicked off the deadly fight, but police believe it stemmed from a prior dispute between the pair, who were both campaigning on behalf of the...

A canvasser for Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) has been injured after being shot in Savannah, Georgia, on Thursday evening. The canvasser, a 15-year-old boy, was campaigning for Warnock’s upcoming runoff election when shots were fired from behind a closed door of one of the residences in the 500 block of Hartridge Street. The shooting took place around 5:35 p.m. on Thursday. The teen was struck in the leg and transported to Memorial Medical Center to be treated for nonlife-threatening injuries. Police have identified 42-year-old Jimmy Paiz as the shooting suspect. According to the police website, Paiz was booked into the...

Account of canvasser, threats, slanders, vote not certified.

A Forest Hills man has pleaded no contest to several charges in connection with his work with the voter registration group ACORN. Eric Jones, 20, was a canvasser for ACORN in 2007 and in the course of his work, he submitted 30 voter registration applications from individuals who did not exist, according to Mike Manko, spokesman for the Allegheny County District Attorney's office. Mr. Jones was one of seven people charged last year with forgery and other violations. The district attorney's office said they delivered forged registrations during the 2008 election.