John Courtney Pollard, a 63-year-old Philadelphia man, has been sentenced to 10 months in prison and fined $5,000 for threatening to kill a Western Pennsylvania poll watcher. The victim, a state political party employee, had stated online that they were recruiting volunteers to observe polls on election day. Pollard allegedly sent three threats to the victim, including "I will kill YOU if you don't answer me!" and "Use your skin for (lustlust) to make an obscene obscene.