2016 Election Oregon Voting

People line up to vote at Multnomah County election headquarters in Portland, Ore., Tuesday, Nov. 8 2016.

(AP Photo/Don Ryan)

A Multnomah County Sheriff's Office employee is facing an internal investigation after driving by a line of people waiting to vote on Tuesday in Portland while broadcasting pro-Trump slogans from a department vehicle.

Pat Moran, 32, of Portland, said he was waiting in line to vote at the Multnomah County Elections Division in Southeast Portland.

While Oregon is a vote by mail state, there are some cases in which citizens vote in person. Moran said he was voting in person because the address on his ballot was wrong.

Moran said he was in line with roughly 25 or 30 people when "a blue and white car that said 'sheriff'" drove by.

"It was a cop," said Moran. "He said over the car speaker megaphone, 'Vote Trump.'"

He said that election officials, some of whom he said witnessed the event, reported the incident to their superiors but also offered a complaint card for voters to fill out.

Lt. Chad Gaidos, spokesperson for the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office said over the phone Tuesday that the office is aware of the incident and the employee who made the comments has been identified, though Gaidos declined to give his name.

"To the Sheriff this is a huge concern," Gaidos said, adding supervisors "addressed the behavior immediately."

Gaidos said the response to the incident is in early stages but that the office plans to follow up with internal investigation.

Moran said people in line to vote were shocked but it didn't change any minds.

"Nobody was like 'that's a good point -- I'm going to vote for Donald Trump now,'" he said.

-- Lizzy Acker

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