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USA Today reports:
The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office on Tuesday ordered a Republican candidate to stop urging voters to replace government-issued pens at polling stations.
In a cease and desist letter, the County Attorney’s Office told Maricopa County Board of Supervisors candidate Gail Golec to immediately retract social media posts.
Golec, a Scottsdale real estate agent who has previously spread conspiracies about the 2020 election, denied telling voters to steal the pens. She said she told them to bring their own blue-ink pens to the polls.
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Ironically, concerned about law breaking, Maricopa County is really afraid that people will steal the pens. What if they ran out and they did not get enough ballots into the adjudication cycle? My intention is to Protect Our Vote, not encourage you to steal pens. #USEBLUEINK pic.twitter.com/FrkdvMrwMf
— Maricopa Cty Candidate for Supervisor Gail Golec (@GailGolec) August 2, 2022
In Arizona, Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell (R) emailed a “cease and desist” request to Gail Golec, a Republican candidate for the Board of Supervisors who seemed to urge followers on Twitter & Telegram to replace pens election officials provided voters with their own. https://t.co/qb7x3SUUOd
— Jenna Johnson (@wpjenna) August 2, 2022
A Republican candidate in Maricopa County encouraged people to steal pens from their polling places to disrupt today’s primary election.
There is nothing GOP election deniers won’t do to sabotage the democratic process. https://t.co/SZG8XQG5tP
— iVote (@iVoteFund) August 2, 2022
This woman, election denier Gail Golec, is running for a seat on the Maricopa County Board, which oversees elections in nation’s 2nd-largest jurisdiction. And she doesn’t have a clue. #District2 https://t.co/8fPdlTuFhE
— Brahm Resnik (@brahmresnik) July 31, 2022
WHOA Trumper & GOP Maricopa County Board candidate Gail Golec accuses GOP Senate President Karen Fann of being bought off. Fann’s not having it. https://t.co/lkq322jWUx
— Brahm Resnik (@brahmresnik) August 1, 2022
Gail could have gotten more of the vote had she not stolen all of the pens
— Rusty Shackleford ?? (@RsTshackleford) August 3, 2022