U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland vowed on Oct. 25 that the Department of Justice (DOJ) “will not permit voters to be intimidated” during the 2022 midterm elections.
“The Justice Department has an obligation to guarantee a free and fair vote by everyone who’s qualified to vote and will not permit voters to be intimidated,” Garland said during an unrelated news conference in Washington.
Garland was answering a question about armed “vigilantes” recently being spotted near a ballot drop box in Arizona.
The Maricopa County Elections Department shared several pictures of the Oct. 21 incident on Twitter, saying they are “deeply concerned” about the safety of voters after two armed “uniformed vigilantes” were seen near a ballot drop box Friday evening in the city of Mesa, located east of Phoenix….