Across the country, election officials have reported multiple instances of voter intimidation as Election Day fast approaches.
The latest report of voter intimidation comes from North Carolina, where officials have registered 14 instances of “potential intimidation or interference with voters and election workers,” per Reuters.
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The alleged incidents occurred over nine counties, including Mecklenburg County, where Charlotte is located, and mostly involved photographing, videotaping, or yelling at voters as they dropped off their ballots. Election workers were also targeted, per the report, with one being followed back to their car.
The latest incidents in the Old North State come weeks after officials in Arizona sent a referral to the Justice Department over a report of voter intimidation in which two people were accused of being “mules.”
“There’s a group of people hanging out near the ballot dropbox filming and photographing my wife and I as we approached the dropbox and accusing us of being a mule,” the complaint obtained by ABC15 said.
Since the referral to the Justice Department, more reports have emerged of voter intimidation, including an instance in which two armed men in tactical gear waited outside a ballot drop box in Mesa, Arizona.
Earlier this week, after multiple reports of voter intimidation and concerns from officials, a federal judge ordered members of the right-leaning election monitoring group Clean Elections USA to be restricted in their ballot monitoring.
The Tuesday order prevents group members from following people delivering ballots to a drop box or verbally engaging with people depositing ballots in a drop box or who are within 75 feet of a drop box. It also prohibits those members from openly carrying guns and wearing tactical gear within 250 feet of a ballot drop box.
The 14-day order from the judge ensures it will go through the end of voting in the Grand Canyon State.
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The Republicans are favored to take control of the House, while the Senate is a toss-up but has been leaning toward the GOP in recent polls.
