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Ballot drop box watchers in Yavapai County end surveillance

The Lions of Liberty, a Yavapai County conservative group, announced Thursday that it will stop monitoring outdoor ballot drop-boxes amid federal lawsuits.

The group said the statement emailed to the volunteers was an “official cease and desist order.”

“I decline sponsorship of Operation Drop Box,” it said in a statement. “From this point on, there will be no more Lions of Liberty organization.”

The lawsuit, filed by Protect Democracy on behalf of the Arizona League of Women Voters, targeted the Lions of Liberty and Clean Elections USA, a conservative group that organizes drop-box surveillance in the Phoenix area. The lawsuit asked a federal judge to stop ballot box observers from occupying Arizona polling places.

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