{"id":1937572,"date":"2023-05-25T01:55:17","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T05:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/election-watchdog-group-settles-drop-box-lawsuit-in-arizona\/"},"modified":"2023-05-25T01:59:50","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T05:59:50","slug":"election-watchdog-group-settles-drop-box-lawsuit-in-arizona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/election-watchdog-group-settles-drop-box-lawsuit-in-arizona\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona election watchdog settles drop box lawsuit."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Felection-watchdog-group-settles-drop-box-lawsuit-in-arizona%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1937572&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>League of Women Voters Settles Lawsuit Over Ballot Drop Box Surveillance<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0524\/f0833744-6d94-4112-b930-adb5adea7b00\/audio.mp3?length=4250637&#038;duration=354\"><\/div>\n<p>The League of Women Voters of Arizona has settled a lawsuit related to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dinesh-dsouzas-2000-mules-movie-alleging-voter-fraud-makes-1-million-on-streaming-sites\/\" title=\"Dinesh D\u2019Souza\u2019s \u20182000 Mules\u2019 Movie, Alleging Voter Fraud, Makes  Million On Streaming Sites\">ballot <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2000-mules-offers-bold-claims-about-the-2020-election\/\" title=\"\u20182000 Mules\u2019 Offers Bold Claims About the 2020 Election\">drop box surveillance<\/a><\/a> effort during the 2022 midterm election. While the terms of the settlement are private, both parties reaffirmed their commitment to freedom of speech and assembly, as well as their disapproval of any sort of voter intimidation.<\/p>\n<h3>The Surveillance Effort<\/h3>\n<p>Inspired by the film \u201c2,000 Mules,\u201d Melody Jennings, founder of Clean Elections USA, and others organized citizens to watch for anyone <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dinesh-dsouzas-2000-mules-proves-massive-election-fraud\/\" title=\"Dinesh D\u2019Souza\u2019s \u201c2000 Mules\u201d Proves Massive Election Fraud\">stuffing multiple ballots<\/a> into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-caught-them-lin-wood-outed-mysterious-georgia-operative-gabe-sterling-now-video-shows-him-admitting-he-helped-set-up-drop-boxes-and-promoted-far-left-activists-as-absentee-ballot-counters\/\" title=\"WE CAUGHT THEM: Lin Wood Outed Mysterious Georgia Operative Gabe Sterling - Now Video Shows Him Admitting He Helped Set Up Drop Boxes and Promoted Far Left Activists as Absentee Ballot Counters\">drop boxes<\/a>, take their photos, and report their vehicle license plates to police. Some box watchers carried guns, which is allowed under Arizona\u2019s law.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4819069\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/10\/25\/Arizona-elections-1200x675.jpg\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/10\/25\/Arizona-elections-1200x675.jpg\" alt=\"Two armed people dressed in tactical gear were sighted at a ballot drop box in Maricopa County, Ariz., on Oct. 21, 2022. (Courtesy of Maricopa County Elections Department)\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a><br \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<p>Calling the action voter intimidation, the league went to federal court in October 2022, seeking to stop the drop box surveillance.<\/p>\n<h3>Discrediting \u20182,000 Mules\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>True the Vote, the group behind \u201c2,000 Mules,\u201d provided financial support for Jennings\u2019s legal defense. In the film, investigators used geotracking and local government video surveillance to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/election-watchdog-group-settles-drop-box-lawsuit-in-arizona\/\" title=\"Arizona election watchdog settles drop box lawsuit.\">show \u201cmules\u201d carrying multiple ballots<\/a> and visiting multiple drop boxes in the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were constitutional issues of great consequence raised in this case. Today was a win for free speech and the right to assemble peaceably. Today, freedom won,\u201d Catherine Engelbrecht, president of True the Vote, said in a statement after the settlement.<\/p>\n<p>The film touched nerves in the political sphere in the wake of the 2020 election and some tried to discredit it. In its court filing, represented by a team of six attorneys, the League of Women Voters of Arizona called the film \u201cdebunked.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>The settlement of this lawsuit is a win for freedom of speech and assembly, as well as a reminder of the importance of protecting the integrity of our elections. Let&#8217;s continue to work towards fair and transparent elections for all.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The League of Women Voters of Arizona has settled a lawsuit related to a ballot drop box surveillance effort during the 2022 midterm election. The terms of the settlement are undisclosed. Inspired by the film \u201c2,000 Mules,\u201d Melody Jennings and others organized citizens to monitor the drop boxes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":1937573,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[8660,4472,5053,3728,4585,7994,6056],"class_list":["post-1937572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-box","tag-arizona","tag-drop","tag-election","tag-lawsuit","tag-settles","tag-watchdog"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1937572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1937572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1937572\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1937573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1937572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1937572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1937572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}