Heavily armed Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputies were recently assigned to watch ballot drop boxes across the County from unmarked vehicles, but not to prevent election fraud or illegal ballot stuffing.
Instead, they are there to intimidate Patriots who feel the need to observe drop boxes and identify ballot traffickers.
This is similar to the tactics used by the Soros-funded Maricopa County Sheriff and the Biden Justice Department during the Arizona 2022 Primary Elections.
The Gateway Pundit previously reported that Patriots independently investigating voter irregularities, ballot trafficking, and outright fraud in the Primary Election would be scrutinized for “interfering with the right to vote peacefully.”
A Biden-appointed Federal prosecutor and plainclothes Sheriff’s deputies were investigating individuals who were protecting the right to vote instead of election fraudsters.
This week, The Gateway Pundit correspondent Jordan Conradson spoke to the armed officers outside their car that was parked across the street from MCTEC. More rifles can be seen in the back seat. The officers turned off all lights when Conradson began photographing the vehicle.
“We’re not here for shoving ballots in boxes. We’re here to keep the peace,” one deputy outside the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center (MTEC) told The Gateway Pundit. “We have a guy over in Mesa,” he added.
Last week liberal hack ABC Reporter Nicole Grigg tweeted that the Sheriff’s office is “looking into several individuals watching a voter drop box in Mesa, AZ.”
It is unknown who these individuals are, and they were covering their faces to conceal their identities. Are they bad actors? Who knows?
Business Insider reported,
A spokesperson for MCSO told Insider that deputies were dispatched to the voter ballot box at the Maricopa County Juvenile Court at about 7:45 pm on Friday night.
“Deputies responded and were able to determine that the individuals were not breaking any laws and were more than 75 feet away from the ballot box as required by law. MCSO will continue to work with our local, state and federal partners to ensure a safe and just election process for everyone,” Sgt. Calbert Gillett said in an email to Insider.
A tarp placed on the fencing surrounding the Election Center also conceals the ballot drop box at MCTEC. A deputy told The Gateway Pundit that one corner was left open “for the news media so they can sit there and they can film.” When asked if only news media can film, he told us, “no, it’s a public street. So, anybody can be out here… but when it’s people that are not [media], and they’re taking license plates down, it makes people uneasy.”
It is perfectly legal for others to watch the drop boxes and to even film cars at drop boxes. There is no need for Sheriff’s deputies to watch drop boxes unless they are there to prevent fraud.
Since the 2020 election, hundreds of grassroots activists concerned about Democrats stealing elections have formed citizen groups to stake out and observe ballot drop boxes.