Officials from Arizona's most populous county, which will help to decide some of the most closely watched midterm election races in the country on Tuesday, aimed to dispel heightened concerns about misinformation and Election Day security on Monday.
The nation has also watched Arizona's race for governor, where Democratic Secretary of State Katie Hobbs faces Republican Kari Lake, a leading proponent of Trump's false election fraud claims.
"Anybody out there whose intentions are to undermine this effort, to create fear, to intimidate good men and women who are trying to facilitate this process, you will have to go through us to get there and it's not going to happen on our watch," he said. "Your words matter. And if you choose words that invoke violence, you will be listed on the criminal reports also," he said."Don't think that your words alone cannot get you in trouble, because they can."
"It is the goal of the county, after having done this for two years, that because of the positive information that we have put out and because of our continued insistence on addressing these claims and finding that not one has been accurate, that people will have confidence in this process," he said.
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