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Armed Group Can Monitor Arizona Ballot Drop Boxes, Federal Judge Rules (www.pbs.org)
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"A federal judge Friday refused to bar a group from monitoring outdoor ballot boxes in Arizona’s largest county where watchers have shown up armed and in ballistic vests, saying to do so could violate the monitors’ constitutional rights."

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[–] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

As always with these things:

  1. Imagine if China was the one doing it

  2. Imagine what the US would say about that

  3. Imagine what the "international" community would say about that

[–] Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Remember the 2014 referendum in Crimea, which was apparently "held at gunpoint"? Yeah.

[–] sudojonz@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The West said they same exact thing over the recent referenda in the four eastern provinces. Of course neglecting to mention that taking a ballot box around to allow those who are stuck at home (elderly and less-abled) to still participate in the voting requires armed security when in a warzone. Propaganda is as propaganda does...sigh