Articles for Voter Intimidation

Wisconsin Voters Receive 'Threatening' Text Ahead Of Election
2 months, 1 week ago

Wisconsin Voters Receive 'Threatening' Text Ahead Of Election

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING College students who live and study in Wisconsin are legally allowed to register to vote and participate in elections with either their school or home address. STOP2END.” “Thousands” of young voters across Wisconsin received the text on Oct. 10, according to a letter sent Tuesday to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul. …

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Leaked Docs From Far-Right Militias Show History of Voter Intimidation Plans
54 years, 11 months ago

Leaked Docs From Far-Right Militias Show History of Voter Intimidation Plans

Wired  

A trove of leaked internal messages and documents from the militia American Patriots Three Percent—also known as AP3—reveals how the group coordinated with election denial groups as part of a plan to conduct paramilitary surveillance of ballot boxes during the midterm elections in 2022. And last month, a Homeland Security bulletin warned that domestic extremist groups could plan on sabotaging …

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How Democrats and Republicans are gearing up for a post-election legal fight
3 months, 1 week ago

How Democrats and Republicans are gearing up for a post-election legal fight

NPR  

How Democrats and Republicans are gearing up for a post-election legal fight Trump has claimed that the only way he can lose on election day is if there’s voter fraud. He covers elections and voting for The New York Times, and he's the author of the new book "I Don't Want To Go Home: The Oral History Of The Stone …

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Group challenges restrictions in Arizona election manual on ballot drop-off locations
10 months, 1 week ago

Group challenges restrictions in Arizona election manual on ballot drop-off locations

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A conservative group is challenging parts of Arizona’s election procedures manual, marking the third lawsuit filed within the last two weeks that seeks to throw out provisions in the state’s guide for conducting elections. The lawsuit by the Arizona Free Enterprise Club zeroes in on the manual’s instructions on operating ballot drop-off locations and preventing voter intimidation, saying …

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Trump-loving dirty tricksters have their day at Michigan Supreme Court
1 year, 1 month ago

Trump-loving dirty tricksters have their day at Michigan Supreme Court

Raw Story  

Two far-right operatives who made tens of thousands of calls spreading misinformation about voting across Midwestern states ahead of the 2020 presidential election, had oral arguments taken Thursday in their robocall voter intimidation criminal case in the Michigan Supreme Court. Investigators who have looked into calls made in Michigan, Ohio and New York estimate that Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl, …

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Zimbabweans anxiously wait for election results as African observer missions note voter intimidation
1 year, 3 months ago

Zimbabweans anxiously wait for election results as African observer missions note voter intimidation

Associated Press  

HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabweans waited anxiously Friday for the outcome of general elections as dozens of armed police with water cannons guarded the national results center, the scene of deadly violence after the previous vote five years ago. African election observer missions criticized this week’s balloting, alleging that a group linked to the ruling ZANU-PF party had engaged in voter …

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Across the US, a return to democratic order. Will it last?
2 years, 1 month ago

Across the US, a return to democratic order. Will it last?

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — There was no violence. “We can’t just say, ‘Oh, my gosh, everything was stolen.’ I mean, that’s ridiculous for this election.” And in Michigan, Trump-backed Republican Tudor Dixon, a leading 2020 election denier, quickly conceded to Michigan Gov. Before Election Day, NAACP President Derrick Johnson said he was “extremely concerned” that Black people would be disenfranchised by voter …

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Justice Department to monitor voting rights across 24 states
2 years, 1 month ago

Justice Department to monitor voting rights across 24 states

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department will send monitors to 24 states in an effort to ensure compliance with federal voting rights laws in Tuesday’s elections. The 64 jurisdictions where federal monitors — typically lawyers with the department’s civil rights division and U.S. attorney’s offices across the United States — are going include Maricopa County, Arizona, where there have been reports …

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Judge Orders Armed Group Away From Arizona Ballot Drop Boxes
2 years, 1 month ago

Judge Orders Armed Group Away From Arizona Ballot Drop Boxes

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING PHOENIX — 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 following complaints that people wearing masks and carrying guns were intimidating voters. The temporary restraining order was requested by the League of Women Voters of Arizona after Clean …

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Judge orders armed group away from Arizona ballot drop boxes
2 years, 1 month ago

Judge orders armed group away from Arizona ballot drop boxes

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — 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 following complaints that people wearing masks and carrying guns were intimidating voters. The temporary restraining order was requested by the League of Women Voters of Arizona after Clean Elections USA, encouraged …

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Judge restricts far-right group from carrying weapons, taking video at Arizona ballot drop boxes
2 years, 1 month ago

Judge restricts far-right group from carrying weapons, taking video at Arizona ballot drop boxes

LA Times  

A U.S. district judge in Phoenix limited the ability of a far-right group to monitor ballot drop boxes in Arizona on Tuesday by restricting photo and video, ordering members to stay at least 75 feet away from the receptacles, and barring the open carry of firearms and wearing of body armor within 250 feet. The temporary restraining order prohibits members …

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Feds concerned about armed people at Arizona ballot boxes
2 years, 1 month ago

Feds concerned about armed people at Arizona ballot boxes

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Reports of people watching ballot boxes in Arizona, sometimes armed or wearing ballistic vests, raise serious concerns about voter intimidation, the Justice Department said Monday as it stepped into a lawsuit over the monitoring. The group sued a group calling itself Clean Elections USA after reports that people were watching 24-hour ballot boxes in Maricopa County, including some …

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Group can monitor Arizona ballot drop boxes, US judge rules
2 years, 1 month ago

Group can monitor Arizona ballot drop boxes, US judge rules

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A federal judge Friday refused to bar a group from monitoring outdoor ballot boxes in Arizona’s largest county where watchers have shown up armed and in ballistic vests, saying to do so could violate the monitors’ constitutional rights. U.S. District Court Judge Michael Liburdi said the case remained open and that the Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans could …

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Group can monitor Arizona ballot drop boxes, a U.S. judge has ruled
2 years, 1 month ago

Group can monitor Arizona ballot drop boxes, a U.S. judge has ruled

NPR  

Group can monitor Arizona ballot drop boxes, a U.S. judge has ruled Enlarge this image toggle caption Ross D. Franklin/AP Ross D. Franklin/AP PHOENIX — A federal judge Friday refused to bar a group from monitoring outdoor ballot boxes in Arizona's largest county where watchers have shown up armed and in ballistic vests, saying to do so could violate the …

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Judge considers stopping Phoenix ballot drop box watchers
2 years, 1 month ago

Judge considers stopping Phoenix ballot drop box watchers

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A federal judge in Arizona said he hopes to decide by Friday whether to order members of a group to stop monitoring outdoor ballot drop boxes in the Phoenix area in an effort that has sparked allegations of voter intimidation. The groups Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans and Voto Latino asked U.S. District Judge Michael Liburdi during a …

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Monitors at Arizona ballot drop boxes draw complaints of voter intimidation
2 years, 1 month ago

Monitors at Arizona ballot drop boxes draw complaints of voter intimidation

NPR  

Monitors at Arizona ballot drop boxes draw complaints of voter intimidation Enlarge this image toggle caption Ross D. Franklin/AP Ross D. Franklin/AP PHOENIX — In May, following a presentation to lawmakers from True The Vote — an organization whose faulty research was behind the debunked "2000 Mules" film — Arizona state Sen. Kelly Townsend had some encouraging words for residents …

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Conspiracy theorists flood the election process, set sights on monitoring ballot drop boxes
2 years, 2 months ago

Conspiracy theorists flood the election process, set sights on monitoring ballot drop boxes

Raw Story  

In the 2020 presidential election, there were upwards of 150 poll workers in Detroit. While those poll workers – all of whom had to go through training by Detroit city officials – didn’t say outright that they believed the 2020 election was stolen, they asked questions in trainings that “they may deem legitimizes their position for the election being stolen,” …

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The election denial movement is now going door to door
2 years, 5 months ago

The election denial movement is now going door to door

NPR  

The election denial movement is now going door to door Enlarge this image toggle caption Michelle Garcia Michelle Garcia DENVER — Last fall, two men knocked on Michelle Garcia's door. "These groups claim to be 'election integrity groups' and nothing could be further from the truth — they're undermining public confidence in our elections with no proof of anything," said …

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Far-right Extremist Groups, Pandemic: Why Voter Advocates are Vigilant Against Intimidation at Polls
4 years, 1 month ago

Far-right Extremist Groups, Pandemic: Why Voter Advocates are Vigilant Against Intimidation at Polls

News 18  

Voting rights advocates and state officials are on high alert over fears that U.S. polling stations could attract the same strain of partisan violence and civil unrest that erupted on American streets this year, fueled by a deadly pandemic, outrage over police brutality and one of the most contentious elections ever. President Donald Trump encouraged one far-right extremist group to …

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Can people carry guns into polling places? You might be surprised
4 years, 2 months ago

Can people carry guns into polling places? You might be surprised

LA Times  

Early voters line up to cast their ballots at the South Regional Library polling location in Durham, N.C., on Thursday. Growing activity from armed far-right groups and President Trump’s calls for his supporters to watch polling places “very carefully” have raised concerns of possible disruptions or voter intimidation ahead of the Nov. 3 election. “But at the same time, my …

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Michigan won’t allow open carry of guns near polls on Nov. 3
4 years, 2 months ago

Michigan won’t allow open carry of guns near polls on Nov. 3

Associated Press  

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan will not allow people to openly carry guns at or near polling places on Election Day in an effort to limit voter intimidation, the state’s top election official said Friday. “The presence of firearms at the polling place, clerk’s office, or absent voter counting board may cause disruption, fear, or intimidation for voters, election workers, and …

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Opinion: Armed election observers are a recipe for Election Day disaster
4 years, 2 months ago

Opinion: Armed election observers are a recipe for Election Day disaster

CNN  

Editor’s Note: John Avlon is a CNN senior political analyst. The prospect of armed voter intimidation even reared its head in the Supreme Court confirmation hearings of Judge Amy Coney Barrett when Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, giving the example of a contractor from outside of her state recruiting “poll watchers” with “special forces experience” to guard polling places in Minnesota, …

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Law enforcement preps for potential election-related unrest
4 years, 2 months ago

Law enforcement preps for potential election-related unrest

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Federal and state law enforcement officials have begun expanded preparations for the possibility of widespread unrest at the polls on Election Day, a response to extraordinarily high tensions among voters and anxieties about safety stoked in part by President Donald Trump. Elon University professor Megan Squire, a computer scientist who studies online extremism, said the far-right extremists she …

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2020 election: State officials brace for conflict after Trump tells supporters to ‘go into the polls and watch’
4 years, 2 months ago

2020 election: State officials brace for conflict after Trump tells supporters to ‘go into the polls and watch’

CNN  

CNN — State and local officials across the country are scrambling to respond to the potential for voter intimidation and violence on Election Day in the wake of President Donald Trump’s calls during Tuesday’s debate for his supporters to “go into the polls.” Trump’s comments have energized far-right groups and sparked new warnings from state election officials about the potential …

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