Residents express fear after sheriff says ‘write down all the addresses’ of Harris supporters

Portage County Sheriff Bruce Zuchowski at a meeting in 2021 called for spending reforms that would add $2.9 million to the office’s budget over three years. Michael Indriolo/The Portager

Residents express fear after sheriff says ‘write down all the addresses’ of Harris supporters

- Ben Wolford

Portage County Sheriff Bruce Zuchowski seemed to encourage his friends and supporters to write down the addresses of people with Democratic yard signs, sparking accusations of voter intimidation.

In identical posts to his personal and public Facebook accounts on Sept. 13, Zuchowski wrote what he claims to tell people who ask him what will happen if Vice President Kamala Harris wins the presidential election. Using dehumanizing language, he says he tells them to record the addresses of people with Harris yard signs in order to house immigrants with them.

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