Federal judge limits ballot drop box monitors' activities in Arizona

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Lisa Rubin
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Nov 1, 2022
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For more details, the AZ Republic has great reporting here: https://azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/11/01/federal-judge-arizona-limits-ballot-drop-box-monitors-activities/8241192001/… 12/

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Federal judge limits ballot drop box monitors' activities in Arizona
The order comes after Liburdi declined to stop monitors from gathering outside Arizona voting locations in a similar lawsuit.

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And thanks to @marceelias and the @DemocracyDocket team, here is tonight’s order itself. FIN

https://democracydocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/D.-Ariz.-22-cv-01823-dckt-000051_000-filed-2022-11-01.pdf…
7:38 PM · Nov 1, 2022

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/11/01/federal-judge-arizona-limits-ballot-drop-box-monitors-activities/8241192001/

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https://archive.ph/YdXjZ

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Liburdi's directions from the bench add components of an emergency order that both sides had already agreed to in fast-paced negotiating after a Monday status hearing.

Those provisions include that drop box observers with Clean Elections USA cannot enter within 75 feet of a ballot box or building containing one, follow voters to drop boxes or engage with voters returning ballots unless they are spoken to first.

Liburdi instructed Jennings to post on the Clean Elections USA website and her social media accounts that it is not always illegal to return multiple ballots at a drop box.

Arizona law allows a caregiver, family member, household member or election official to return a voter's ballot, including at drop boxes.

Libardi's orders also prevent monitors from openly wearing body armor or carrying guns within 250 feet of a drop box, although they will not be in breach of the order if body armor or weapons are concealed.

His order will not serve as an admission of illegal activity from Jennings or her associates, according to the terms he read aloud in court.

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[gratuitous]

1. They can't engage with voters . . . unless they are spoken to first

So my widest, shit-eatingest grin accompanied by a one-finger salute, and they have to stay at bay (as long as I don't speak to them). Or, I go with a buddy and in chatting with my friend we exchange our views on just what a bunch of losers those assholes over there are, which is no wonder they find a hero in the former guy. Again, not speaking to them, just about them.

[Initech]

2. This should have been declared illegal in the first place, and the MAGA shitheads shown the door.

[Kaleva]

5. Has anyone come fwd and said they were too intimidated to drop off their ballots?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

3. WTG Marc

[LetMyPeopleVote]

4. Temporary restraining order blocking Clean Elections USA and its members from intimidating voters

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