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Armed men "watch over" ballot drop box in Arizona
• https://www.msn.com, Jake JohnsonThe Maricopa County Sheriff's Office told a local ABC affiliate that it is investigating several individuals who were watching a Mesa voting location on Friday. The department confirmed that two individuals at the site were armed.
A clip posted to social media by ABC reporter Nicole Grigg shows two masked people dressed in tactical gear observing the ballot drop box.
"This is obviously totally incompatible with liberal democracy and an open society," MSNBC's Chris Hayes wrote in response to the video.
BREAKING: @mcsoaz tells @abc15 they are looking into several individuals watching a voter drop box in Mesa, AZ.
— Nicole Grigg (@NicoleSGrigg) October 22, 2022
I'm told they have magazine clips, dressed in tactical gear, fully disguised. @Garrett_Archer
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