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The fallout continues for the Portage County Sheriff after he made a controversial Facebook post on his public page. Friday afternoon, the Board of Elections dropped the sheriff, which means county security will provide coverage during in-person early voting after hearing concerns about 'perceived intimidation' by sheriff Bruce Zuchowski 'against certain voters.
Zuchowski’s comments were also the topic of conversation at Thursday night’s NAACP meeting in Ravenna. Ravenna Resident Sharon Williams was at that meeting. 'I think it was a horrible thing to say; I think it's really sad that a person sworn to protect and to serve would say something like that,' said Williams. 'I'm not scared, but I know there are a lot of people that are.
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