A top elections official in Maricopa County, Arizona, has been moved to an undisclosed location for his safety following threats on social media related the midterm elections, the county says.
on Election Day. It took hours before a solution was identified, prompting officials to rebuff claims that the integrity of the election was compromised. Officials at the time urged voters at polling sites where machines had malfunctioned to exercise other options, including either dropping their ballots off in a secure box or going to another location to vote.
“Everyone is still getting to vote. No one has been disenfranchised,” Gates told reporters in downtown Phoenix on Election Day, following reports of equipment problems. A state judge denied an emergency request by the Republican National Committee to extend voting hours just ahead of the closing of state polls at 9 p.m. ET., saying that the GOP failed to show that anyone was actually prevented from voting.
Asked about whether the technical issues were further fueling distrust in the election system, Gates told NBC News on Election Day that the county's handling of the situation should give voters confidence in the election process. “We have hiccups,” Gates told NBC News at the time. “They had a hiccup with the Powerball drawing last night, right? These things happen, but I would say to them, actually this should make them feel good because they see the type of redundancies that we have in place.”as recently as Sunday night.
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