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Officials across the nation are taking steps to stop polling site intimidation as voters queue up for early voting ahead of election day next week.
Several states have warned that voter intimidation and efforts to undermine the public trust in the voting system has intensified in recent days despite assurances from state officials that voting is safe and secure.
In Arizona this week, a federal judge stepped in and ordered a temporary restraining order on ballot box watchers and ordered a group of armed members of Clean Elections USA to stay at least 250 feet away from certain polling locations, following complaints that people carrying guns and wearing masks were intimidating voters.
A media safety zone is seen behind fencing surrounding the outside of the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center ahead of the Arizona midterm elections in Phoenix on Nov. 3, 2022.
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U.S. District Court Judge Michael Liburdi also said they could not film, speak to or yell at voters, or come within 75 feet of any ballot box drop or entrance to a building that houses one.
The League of Women Voters of Arizona requested the order after Clean Elections USA called for 24-hour surveillance of ballot boxes in Maricopa County, where election controversy remains high two years after the 2020 general election.
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a Republican who defied former President Trump’s attempts to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results, also took steps in the lead up to the election to prevent polling site intimidation.
A voter casts their ballot at a secure ballot drop box at the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center in Phoenix, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022.
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