The order comes after complaints that people wearing masks and carrying guns were intimidating Arizona voters.
With Election Day just days away, a federal judge has issued a ruling that limits how ballot drop boxes can be monitored by various groups. The ruling came amid alleged acts of voter intimidation that have been reported to authorities in Arizona.A federal judge on Tuesday ordered armed members of a group monitoring ballot drop boxes in Arizona to stay at least 250 feet away from the locations followingU.S.
Local and federal law enforcement have been alarmed by reports of people, some armed, watching 24-hour ballot boxes in the two counties Fences surround the Maricopa County Tabulation and Elections Center to help prevent incidents and pressure on voters at the ballot drop box, as a voter submits their ballot in Phoenix, Arizona, on October 25, 2022. perimeter around drop boxes also applies to group members wearing body armor.
"They’re worried they can’t record what happens within the 75 feet. They may have missed an opportunity to deter unlawful conduct," Kolodin said. "Today’s order may make drop box voting a little less secure." "Defendants have not made any statements threatening to commit acts of unlawful violence to a particular individual or group of individuals," the judge wrote.
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