Two voters told the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office that when they went to drop off ballots Monday, a group “hanging out near the ballot drop box” filmed and followed them.
By Ryan Knappenberger Cronkite News Election officials reacted swiftly to reported voter intimidation this week at a Mesa ballot drop box, condemning the action and reassuring voters that they are working with law enforcement to address such incidents.
People are also reading… The report was referred to the U.S. Justice Department and Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, said Sophia Solis, a spokesperson for Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, and Maricopa County election officials were alerted as well. Brnovich did not respond to requests for comment. But his office last week asked the FBI and IRS to investigate the tax-exempt status of an election-denial group that “has raised considerable sums of money” off its claims of drop-box fraud, while refusing to provide any evidence to his office despite repeated promises to do so.
That includes state Rep. Mark Finchem, the GOP nominee for secretary of state, who claims that the 2020 election was “irredeemably compromised” — even after a state Senate audit of Maricopa County election results determined that Joe Biden beat Donald Trump by a larger margin than first thought. The poll also found that 70% said the elections were secure, including 54% among Republicans. The August survey of 500 likely voters had a margin of error of plus or minus 4.3%.
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