It's 'a small faction of extremists' that 'are trying to scare voters away from ballot boxes,' Alex Gulotta, of nonprofit All Voting is Local, told Newsweek.
Gulotta said that while the efforts were"clearly designed to intimidate," it has not stopped about half a million people voting in Maricopa County"without intimidation."
Suzanne Almeida, the director of state operations at nonpartisan watchdog Common Cause, agreed."It's obviously something we're concerned about. Everyone has the right to vote free from intimidation [...] but this isn't a national wave of people who are armed at ballot boxes," Almeida told"As we are talking about it, if we are thinking there are armed people at drop boxes everywhere, it's going to make it less likely for voters to vote," she said.
"We don't have widespread problems of people stuffing ballot boxes, or anything of the sort," Lindquist toldCitizens who are concerned about the security of elections can serve as poll watchers"without guns," she said. She added:"It's a matter of grave concern to those of us who care deeply about our democracy that threats of violence and violence are becoming so commonplace in connection with our elections."Voters in Arizona and elsewhere have plenty of options if they are concerned about their safety when dropping off a ballot at a drop box, Gulotta said.
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