With early voting underway in Arizona, a swing state and epicenter of election distrust and denialism, public officials are worried that menacing bands of activist observers hunting for fraud will harass and intimidate voters.
Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs , who oversees elections here, referred to federal and state authorities a report of intimidation after a voter complained he or she was approached and followed by a group of people after attempting to drop off a ballot at a drop box Monday. The referral was announced Wednesday night.
“There’s a group of people hanging out near the ballot dropbox filming and photographing my wife and I as we approached the dropbox and accusing us of being a mule,” the complaint said. “They took ... photographs of our license plate and of us and then followed us out the parking lot in one of their cars continuing to film.”
The secretary of state’s office did not identify the alleged harassers, and Solis did not say whether they were affiliated with any organized group.local ABC television affiliatethat he was with Clean Elections USA Group. Citing “2000 Mules,” the group asks followers to pitch in “to safeguard our elections with a legal presence at every ballot box in each and every state that has them.”
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