Voter Intimidation Made Easier in Arizona

Votebeat reports Maricopa County Superior Judge issued a temporary injunction preventing Arizona from enforcing a manual interpreting the state’s laws that prevent voter intimidation. The judge found the new rules over broad in violation of the First Amendment, accepting Arizona Free Enterprise Club’s argument that “the restrictions on activity outside of polling places were ‘vague and ambiguous'” and would permit the prosecution of the organization’s workers or volunteers for activity they did not view as threatening.

“The rules, some of which have been in place for years, prohibit anyone from following, photographing, videotaping, or yelling at voters outside drop boxes or polling places, along with other activities that Secretary of State Adrian Fontes had declared were intimidating. “

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