The Justice Department further bolstered the civic groups’ arguments by saying in its filing Monday that the First Amendment’s right to assembly doesn’t allow people to assemble f…
prohibiting the right-wing activists from gathering near drop boxes or photographing voters near drop boxes. District Judge Michael Liburdi, who is overseeing both cases, said there were legitimate concerns about the conduct but there wasn’t enough evidence at this stage to restrict anyone’s First Amendment rights.
Representatives from the right-wing groups involved in the case — Yavapai County Preparedness Team, Clean Elections USA and Lions of Liberty — did not comment for CNN’s previous coverage of the lawsuit. An attorney for Clean Elections pushed back against the allegations brought in the earlier case at a hearing last week, andsays their goal is to ensure that “every legal vote must be counted” and to make sure no “illegal votes are added to the mix.
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