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PollWatch: Philly poll worker surprised to be working for 'the Devil'

It was a rough day for Barbara M., a 58-year-old poll watcher at Bible Way Baptist Church in West Philly, who learned two hours into her noon-to-6 p.m. shift that she had been hired by the Republican City Committee.

"I did not know that, because I would not work for Donald Trump. I feel [angry]. I need the money but not that bad," said Barbara, who is being paid $100 for the day.

"I'm Hillary, 100 percent. He's the devil," she said of Trump. "He's the Antichrist who has come to kill, steal and destroy. So I'm sitting here for Hillary. It's a fake-out."

A lifelong Democrat, Barbara is unemployed and said she was hired two weeks ago. She spent the day sitting on a bench in the church courtyard counting voters after they emerged from the church. She was kicked out of the building because her watcher certificate said 4th ward but the church is in the 44th ward.

She put a reporter on the phone with the man who dropped her off at the church to explain why she was at the wrong ward. He said it was a mix-up and that she was hired by the Republican Party. He would not give his name.