Menace: Armed Men in Tactical Gear Showing Up at AZ Ballot Boxes

Two armed men and women dressed in tactical gear surveilled a ballot fall box in Mesa, Arizona, on Friday.
Credit history: Maricopa County Elections Division

Armed people today dressed in tactical equipment are surveilling ballot fall bins in Arizona, raising worries about intimidation in the course of early voting in the midterm elections.

The Maricopa County Elections Section mentioned two people today with weapons were being noticed at a ballot fall box in Mesa on Friday. The two wore masks to obscure their faces and left the place after the county sheriff’s office responded.

And on Saturday evening, 4 people today ― two of them reportedly armed with handguns ― obtained into a confrontation at the exact same drop box when a different individual arrived and attempted to file their license plate data.

“He chased above at me and pushed me and grabbed me as I was pulling the cloth of his license plate to video his license plate,” the female, who was dressed as a nun, told KTVK News.

“I just felt reasonable is reasonable — […]