We saw a similar drop in GOP early voting in 2020. This doesn't mean they're not voting though. Expect a lot of Republicans who voted early in past elections to vote in person or drop off their early ballots on election day.

.AZ Clean Elections Executive Director Tom Collins told the AG's Office that the activities of self-appointed drop box watchers who have been photographing and sometimes confronting voters is 'very likely voter intimidation.'

The tweet from a high-ranking Kari Lake campaign official said 'Happy Indigenous People's Day!' with an image of Native Americans killing someone in a human sacrifice. azmirror.com/2022/10/20/the…

Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer—Maricopa Cnty Recorder (prsnl acct) says no one reached out to him for comment on this story, which is entirely about him.

The Secretary of State’s Office has sent the Dept of Justice and the Arizona AG’s Office this voter intimidation complaint from a voter who said she was harassed by self-appointed poll watchers who claim to be on the lookout for ballot “mules”

Welcome to Phoenix, Damian Lee. That’s a hell of a debut.

A big day for @RealmarkFinchem in the news: His attorney sends cease and desist letter to broadcast media statewide, demanding they take down an anti-Finchem ad from Arizona Democratic Party because it falsely claims Finchem “helped organize the
January 6 protest where police were attacked.”

Early voting is down compared to the last midterm. No partisan breakdown yet, but historically Dems favor mail-in voting more than Republicans, and GOP attitudes toward voting by mail have gotten a lot more negative since 2018.

.Stephen Richer—Maricopa Cnty Recorder (prsnl acct) says in a press conference that a maximum of 651 county voters may have received a fed-only ballot in the mail when they should have received a full ballot due to the MVD matching error ID'd by the AZSOS.

They are reaching out to all these voters now.

Arizona, where disinformation about the 2020 election has been prevalent, is one of the top states for threats against election officials, from Jessica Boehm axios.com/local/phoenix/…

.Mark Finchem's promotion of the false claims that the 2020 election was rigged have dominated the race for secretary of state axios.com/local/phoenix/…

Get caught up on the race for secretary of state, learn about threats to election workers in Arizona, and get ready for a new season of Suns basketball, all in today's @Axios Phoenix axios.com/newsletters/ax…

About 1,000 voters accidentally received federal-only ballots without state and local races that are intended for voters who can't show proof of citizenship. azcentral.com/story/news/pol…

Following the interview, Katie Hobbs quickly left through a freight elevator as reporters were forced to wait in another room at ⁦Arizona PBS⁩.

azcentral.com/story/news/pol… w/ ⁦Taylor Seely⁩ via azcentral

Dean of Cronkite School encouraging remote classes this afternoon citing uncertainty over 'onsite circumstances' for Katie Hobbs interview on Arizona PBS. Kari Lake probably gonna show up?
#AZgov

Maricopa County Community College police chief tells me they're about to send a press release about MCCC Governing Board candidate Randy Kaufman getting arrested for indecent exposure at the Rio Salado campus in Surprise.

Shiva Ayyadurai, along with Doug Logan and others from the audit, demonstrated over and over again that they lacked even a rudimentary understanding of the processes and procedures they were hired to investigate.

President Fann, would you and Doug Logan be willing to speak with me to discuss your issues with the county's claims? I've been asking for a year. The county is the only one who's been willing to answer questions. elections.maricopa.gov/asset/jcr:a9e0…