Marc Elias, the sleazy Democratic lawyer aligned with Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign as well as several lawsuits aimed at undermining the 2020 election with mass mail-in balloting, has filed a lawsuit against a "patriot" group in the Grand Canyon State, alleging voter intimidation.
According to The Epoch Times, the group Clean Elections USA and its founder, Melody Jennings, were sued last week on behalf of the Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans and Voto Latino. The plaintiffs claim that the defendants are violating federal Voting Rights Act provisions.
“No person, whether acting under color of law or otherwise, shall intimidate, threaten, or coerce, or attempt to intimidate, threaten, or coerce any person for voting or attempting to vote, or intimidate, threaten, or coerce, or attempt to intimidate, threaten, or coerce any person for urging or aiding any person to vote or attempt to vote,” says the statute in part.
Members of the so-called 'patriot' group have been reportedly gathering around ballot drop-off boxes to ensure no funny business takes place like during 2020. Some of the observers are reportedly armed.
Jennings said on social media earlier that people should go to the boxes to act as a “deterrent” against voter fraud that everyone with an IQ over 80 knows took place last time around.
“We must legally deter people from committing voter fraud. The only way we can do this is to monitor those drop box locations with a team of volunteers. That is why we’re reaching out to patriots like yourself who have similar concerns. In short, we need your help!” says the Clean Elections USA website.
A video clip posted by a local reporter shows her talking to a man 'armed' with a camera who said he's with Clean Elections USA. He also refused to answer certain questions before calling an unnamed person, likely for advice on how to answer certain questions.
‘VITAMIN D’: ‘we’re just out here getting some Vitamin D’ seems to be the key response as several are watching a ballot drop box outside Maricopa Co election HQ in AZ.
This group says they’re with Clean Elections USA, but wouldn’t elaborate on if they’re volunteers, or what. pic.twitter.com/zpqoQM3CUp
— Nicole Grigg (@NicoleSGrigg) October 20, 2022
“The tactics being used by Clean Elections USA aren’t just profoundly dangerous to voters in Arizona, they’re an affront to the fundamental principles of our democracy,” Maria Teresa Kumar, president and CEO of Voto Latino, said in a statement.
Needless to say, the lawsuit seeks a temporary restraining order to prevent members of this alleged group from gathering "within sight of drop boxes," following or recording voters, or making any visual recording of prospective voters -- obviously, so that the cheating can resume where it left off in 2020. The suit also demands that Clean Elections USA be barred from “training, organizing, or directing” people to monitor drop boxes if an order is imposed.
Jennings noted on Truth Social, former President Donald Trump’s social media platform, that the group's observers should follow the law, meaning, the organization's intent is legitimate.
“Knowing that we the citizens of the United States are protecting the rule of law is very satisfying,” she said.
The Epoch Times added:
Several voter intimidation complaints have been lodged in Arizona and referred to the U.S. Department of Justice. Attorney General Merrick Garland said Monday that the agency “will not permit voters to be intimidated.”
Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone said that the department has received two suspicious activity criminal reports but that no charges have been filed and the observers have not committed crimes.
“It doesn’t meet the threshold for a crime. This is a free nation. The Second Amendment is as important as the first. So that in and of itself does not constitute a crime,” he told reporters.
Democrats know they are unpopular and cannot win elections on the strength of their ideas and policies. So they have to cheat. And now they are trying to demonize a 'patriot' group so that drop boxes are left unattended again.
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