'None of this is okay': North Carolina voters report 'harassment and intimidation' at polling stations https://t.co/9jEoQPE52s
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Election officials in Columbus County say they were harassed by an observer who was "following one-stop workers" and taking photographs or recording video of them, the board alleged.“We did have a situation in another county where a one-stop worker was followed from the voting site to the elections office and then followed to their home," said Karen Brinson Bell, the board's executive director. "This is possibly the most egregious situation that we’ve had at this point in time, but none of this is okay. We want civility, we want people to be able to cast their ballot without fear of intimidation or interference."Curbside voters in Wake say they were photographed while waiting to cast ballots, the board said, and electioneers in Harnett allegedly recorded video of voters outside polling stations.
"Maricopa County, home to 60% of Arizona’s voters, is ground zero for the battle for election integrity and voter intimidation," MSNBC's report stated. "Based on reports of organized, armed monitoring of ballot boxes in Phoenix, national voting rights groups filed a lawsuit against Clean Elections USA. A federal judge affirmed the group was carrying out illegal surveillance of voters in a 'coordinated vigilante intimidation campaign' at ballot drop box locations, 'with the express purpose of deterring voters ... from depositing their ballots.'"
Voters say they felt intimidated at ballot drop box sites when voting early. Some said that they were being watched with binoculars or that they were approached by people claiming to be with "election security" and who took pictures of their license plates and cars, NBC News reports.
Good. They should be.
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