PHOENIX — Protecting Arizona voters and election workers is one of Adrian Fontes’ top priorities. That’s why Arizona’s secretary of state added new provisions to block voter intimidation in the state’s latest elections manual.
Some of those provisions included new rules designed to prevent voter intimidation. The manual defined behaviors that count as harassing or intimidating, such as yelling at people returning ballots or openly carrying firearms within 250 feet of a ballot drop box.
Regardless of a judge’s recent decision to declare those provisions unconstitutional, Fontes said he intends to fight for these voter protections.
“I’m going to fight like heck to make sure that we have peaceful processes so that our voters are treated with dignity during this incredibly important point in time,” Fontes told KTAR News 92.3 FM’s Arizona’s Morning News on Wednesday.
The Democrat said his office plans to file an appeal to protect voters across the state. He hopes to expedite this process as quickly as possible because the general election on Nov. 5 is …
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