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(NewsNation) — The sheriff of Arizona's Maricopa County has ensured they are acceptable for Election Day.
The Phoenix-area region came nether scrutiny during the 2020 statesmanlike election, arsenic the Arizona Senate launched a publicly-funded probe into predetermination fraud aft President Joe Biden won the state.
The claims made by erstwhile President Donald Trump and immoderate of his supporters were unfounded. More recently, ballots were damaged successful the country — immoderate adjacent destroyed — by an arsonist past Thursday.
"We privation to marque definite that information is for ideology successful this predetermination campaign," Maricopa County Sheriff Russ Skinner told "NewsNation Now."
"We privation to marque definite that our assemblage feels harmless and secure," helium added.
Ballot container arson besides occurred successful the Pacific Northwest, with votes destroyed successful Washington and Oregon connected Monday.
As for a repetition of 2020, Skinner says they anticipation it is not the case, but the region is prepared for immoderate imaginable circumstances.
"This is simply a process for democracy, and we privation to marque definite that everybody respects each other, and hopefully nobody's retired determination doing transgression activity," Skinner said. "Are we prepared? Absolutely so. Again, we cognize that determination is immoderate disagreement amongst the authorities progressive successful this, but I privation to marque definite that we support our assemblage harmless and secure."
According to Decision Desk HQ polling averages, Trump has a 1.9% pb connected Harris successful Arizona based on 62 polls.
