{"id":2687940,"date":"2026-10-19T17:55:31","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T21:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/operatives-call-for-doj-investigation-as-ballot-problems-crop-up-in-red-precincts\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T17:55:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T21:55:31","slug":"operatives-call-for-doj-investigation-as-ballot-problems-crop-up-in-red-precincts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/operatives-call-for-doj-investigation-as-ballot-problems-crop-up-in-red-precincts\/","title":{"rendered":"Operatives Call for DOJ Investigation as Ballot Problems Crop Up in Red Precincts"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Foperatives-call-for-doj-investigation-as-ballot-problems-crop-up-in-red-precincts%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=2687940&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--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Republican operatives in Arizona are calling on the Department of Justice to investigate after large numbers of Republican voters in conservative parts of Pima County reported they never received their mail ballots or that the ballots arrived more than a week late.<\/p>\n<p>Tyler Bowyer, with Turning Point Action, posted Sunday that in some precincts, more than 10 percent of Republicans said no ballot arrived or that delivery was delayed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am calling on the Department of Justice to investigate the Pima County elections and USPS in Tucson\/Pima county to determine why this is happening,\u201d he wrote. \u201cWe saw similar explained away issues in 2024.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In conservative areas of Pima County we have large numbers of Republicans reporting they never received a ballot. In some precincts it appears that more than 10% of Republicans reported that no ballot arrived or delayed by more than a week.<\/p>\n<p>I am calling on the Department of Justice to investigate the Pima County elections and USPS in Tucson\/Pima county to determine why this is happening.<\/p>\n<p>We saw similar explained away issues in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tyler Bowyer (@tylerbowyer) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/tylerbowyer\/status\/2111859434993676638?\">October 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/> Andrew Kolvet, a Turning Point USA spokesman, quoted the post and asked, \u201cWhat is going on in Pima County? This needs to get fixed, and fast.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">What is going on in Pima County?<\/p>\n<p>This needs to get fixed, and fast.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andrew Kolvet (@AndrewKolvet) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AndrewKolvet\/status\/2111915210923511958?\">October 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Arizona state Rep. Rachel Keshel replied that the account was \u201c100% accurate.\u201d She said that door knockers the day before had spoken to numerous voters who confirmed the problem, and that someone from Rep. Juan Ciscomani\u2019s campaign said the lawmaker himself had not yet received his ballot.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cGet it together Pima County!\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>Get it together Pima County!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AZ Representative Rachel (Jones) Keshel (@RJ4arizona) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RJ4arizona\/status\/2111889529900859834?\">October 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Pima County Republican Party posted the same day asking voters who had not received a ballot to let the party know.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Pima County! If you haven\u2019t received you ballot let us know!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pima County Republican Party (@RealPimaGOP) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RealPimaGOP\/status\/2111886332171862099?\">October 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Replies included residents in Tucson Estates and elsewhere saying they were still waiting. Other users mentioned missing ballots elsewhere in Maricopa County.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">@RealPimaGOP @StingerOptimus I haven\u2019t received any ballots yet @RealPimaGOP I\u2019m rural Tucson Estates<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud83e\udd86\ud83c\udfd2Austin Negrete \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@Chewbakka42049) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Chewbakka42049\/status\/2111911792855421220?\">October 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">@tylerbowyer I live in Surprise Arizona , never got my ballot either .<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alex (@RealSavPatriot) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RealSavPatriot\/status\/2111895947173388675?\">October 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Pima County Recorder\u2019s Office said earlier that more than 484,000 ballots had been delivered to the U.S. Postal Service for mailing on Oct. 12, and that sorting system problems had damaged some ballots, although the agency said those issues were resolved, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kgun9.com\/news\/elections\/pima-county-recorders-office-gives-ballot-update-following-short-delay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KGUN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The office advised voters with damaged packets to call for replacements.<\/p>\n<p>Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap has also acknowledged ongoing reports of non-delivery after ballots went to USPS on Oct. 7.<\/p>\n<p>Arizona sends mail ballots to registered voters who request them or who are on the permanent early voting list.<\/p>\n<p>Election officials have not publicly confirmed the scale of the missing ballot reports concentrated in conservative precincts that Bowyer described, and no formal Justice Department statement on an investigation had appeared as of Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The operatives framed the complaints as a pattern that resembled problems dismissed after the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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