The secretary of state of a battleground state said Monday he reluctantly handed over the names of about 218,000 voters to the lawyers of right-wing activists following a court order, according to a report. Adrian Fontes (D-AZ) faced a massive legal setback in a case involving the release of voter i...

Summary

Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, a Democrat, was compelled by a court order to release the names of about 218,000 voters to lawyers representing right-wing activists.

The appeals court upheld a lower court’s decision, which requires disclosing voter information due to a coding error that incorrectly classified some voters’ ballot access.

Fontes, who expressed serious concerns over potential harassment and violence against these voters, unsuccessfully tried to block the request.

The court ruled that Fontes had not provided sufficient proof that releasing the list posed a danger to voters.

  • CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    26·
    17 days ago

    It’s nowhere near as far. The odds of someone on the right intimidating voters because of a foreign looking last name has been proven to be near 1 whereas there are no reported instances of the left doing the same.

    There are no “both sides” on this issue. Only one side who wants to hurt the other.

    • krashmo@lemmy.world
      11·
      17 days ago

      You know the saying; be the change you want to see in the world. Get out there and start punching some Nazis for sport.