# @yourvalley on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CkrQJ50JW1K
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/953149-yourvalley-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2022-11-07T22:04:10.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Daily Independent (@yourvalley) — https://gondola.cc/yourvalley

## Caption

Reports of people watching ballot boxes in Mesa and other parts of Arizona, sometimes armed or wearing ballistic vests, raise  concerns about voter intimidation, the Justice Department said Monday as it stepped into a lawsuit over the monitoring.

The statement from the Justice Department comes days after a federal judge refused to bar a group from monitoring the outdoor drop boxes in the Phoenix area.

Threats, intimidation and coercion are illegal under the federal Voting Rights Act, even if they don't succeed, the government's attorneys wrote. While lawful poll watching can support transparency, “ballot security forces” present a significant risk of voter intimidation, the court documents state.

Read more at YourValley.net. Link in bio. 

#election2022 #ballotbox #vote2022 #voterintimidation #votingrightsact #justicedepartment

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ballotbox, justicedepartment, election2022, vote2022, votingrightsact, voterintimidation

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