An employee at Butler Township’s driver's license center was fired after a woman’s voter registration receipt was altered, according to an Allegheny County state representative.

State Rep. Arvind Venkat, D-30th, said in a Friday, Aug. 8, interview that an 18-year-old Allegheny County resident, Zahra Evans, recently approached him following her visit to the PennDOT Driver’s License Center at 158 Point Plaza.

According to Venkat, Evans went to the location on July 31 for the shorter lines. She needed get a new photo identification before leaving for college and was asked if she wanted to register to vote, he said.

When Evans registered as a Democrat, the PennDOT employee handed her a receipt with “Democratic” crossed out and “socialist” written on the receipt, the Allegheny County represe

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