(Image by the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona)
With this postscript to yesterday's article published here, here are some further details about the lawsuit filed by Arizona , and the Maricopa County Voter Vigilantes. Not everyone necessarily knows these things, so I will add them here.
The plaintiffs brought their lawsuit under the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and under the Ku Klux Klan Act. They are requesting an injunction of voter intimidation by vigilantes with guns at polling stations in Maricopa County, Arizona. As they alleged, there have been reports that the armed vigilantes are doing more than standing by drop boxes with loaded weapons; they are also accosting voters with accusations that people who are simply going to cast their vote are committing various crimes.
The Voter Vigilantes of Maricopa County display the guns they carry (their point of having a gun is openly being seen with a gun), they cover their faces with masks to conceal their identity (not to stop the spread of COVID-19 of course), and they wear special uniforms of camouflage (to sit in a parking lot at a polling place in a city). Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans v. Clean Elections USA, et al., Doc. 1, Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief, filed Oct. 24, 2022 (D. Ariz. No. 2.22.cv.01823.MTL).
The Ku Klux Klan Act was enacted in the first place to allow people to ask a Court to stop voter intimidation by people with guns who cover their faces and conceal their identity, and not just by the KKK. Parenthetically, like the Voter Vigilantes of Maricopa County, the KKK wears uniforms too. The KKK wears sheets representing dead Confederate soldiers, but they are uniforms in every sense of the word.
The observation expressed in yesterday's article still remains: Perhaps we will learn after the 1:00 (Arizona time) Hearing whether this judge will enjoin voter intimidation in Maricopa County, Arizona, or not. Stay tuned.
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