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kpete

(72,006 posts)
Wed Nov 2, 2022, 09:11 AM Nov 2022

Federal judge issues restraining order against group monitoring Arizona ballot boxes

A federal judge in Phoenix issued a restraining order Tuesday night against a group that has been photographing and recording voters casting ballots at drop boxes in Arizona.

The order, issued by U.S. District Judge Michael Liburdi, prohibits Clean Elections USA from "openly" carrying weapons or "visibly wear body armor" within 250 feet of drop boxes. Liburdi's order also bars the group's members from taking photos, recording, following or yelling at voters within 75 feet of drop box locations.

Furthermore, he told the group's founder, Melody Jennings, to post a message to her account on Truth Social, former President Donald Trump's social media platform, that reads in part: “It is not always illegal to deposit multiple ballots in a ballot drop box. It is legal to deposit the ballot of a family member, household member, or person for whom you are the caregiver."

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/federal-judge-issues-restraining-order-group-monitoring-arizona-ballot-rcna55170

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Federal judge issues restraining order against group monitoring Arizona ballot boxes (Original Post) kpete Nov 2022 OP
Will it go up the ladder to the US SC? ..... Lovie777 Nov 2022 #1
What Is With The Word Always? Me. Nov 2022 #2
Thank goodness Mad_Machine76 Nov 2022 #3

Mad_Machine76

(24,426 posts)
3. Thank goodness
Wed Nov 2, 2022, 10:36 AM
Nov 2022

That sort of behavior shouldn't be allowed. And remember the fit Republicans threw when a few Black Panthers showed up in 2008?

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