GREENBELT, MARYLAND, 5:10 p.m.
After reporting earlier that the Steele and Ehrlich campaigns recruited residents from a Philadelphia homeless shelter to hand out misleading materials at polling places, I've been able to confirm this story with more recruits. (The Washington Post and the Maryland Gazette now have reports here and here--hat tip: TPM.

About an hour ago, I talked to two men at a different polling place who were handing out the same pamphlets encouraging people to vote for a "Democratic" ticket led by Bob Ehrlich and Michael Steele. Neither would give me his name, and both said they were residents at a Philadelphia homeless shelter. They said that last night at around 6 p.m., workers from the Steele campaign came by the shelter and offered them $100 for today's work. They were told to be at a designated place by 3.30 a.m. to board the buses. They were taken to Prince George's County and promised three meals. (They had been served breakfast and lunch by the time I talked to them.) Both were aware of the problems with the pamphlets. "Somebody's doing something crooked around here," one of them told me.

Earlier today, I talked with Democratic delegate Tawanna Gaines, who told me that similar things had happened in the previous election cycle. According to Gaines, Republicans recruited both nearby college students and residents of D.C. homeless shelters. Gaines suggested that some of the recruits may not have been paid, and were never picked up at the end of the day.

-- Jesse Singal
The Washington Monthly