ARIZONA ATTORNEY GENERAL INDICTS YUMA COUNTY BALLOT HARVESTERS

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced in a Wednesday press release that his office indicted two individuals for an alleged ballot harvesting scheme in Yuma County. The press release states:

“Gloria Lopez Torres of San Luis, and Nadia Guadalupe Lizarraga-Mayorquin of San Luis, also known as Nadia Buchanan, have been charged by the State Grand Jury with Conspiracy and Ballot Abuse arising from an alleged ‘ballot harvesting’ scheme where early ballots from other voters were collected and deposited into a ballot box on primary Election Day, August 4, 2020. The City of San Luis held municipal elections on that date.”

Torres reportedly collected seven ballots from Lizarraga-Mayorquin, who collected at least one ballot from a third party, ultimately violating Arizona law allowing only family members, household members, and caregivers of a voter to collect ballots. Ballot harvesting is considered a class 6 felony under state law, the press release added.-- More...