Two groups with ties to Republican interests are charging that new election rules adopted by Secretary of State Adrian Fontes interfere with free speech and potentially could disenfranchise many Arizona voters.
The lawsuit filed in federal court by American Encore and the America First Policy Institute claims what Fontes put into the Elections Procedures Manual about harassment of voters and election officials is so broad and so nebulous that it could criminalize otherwise legal conduct. And that could lead to four months in jail and a $750 fine.
But that's just part of what former Supreme Court Justice Andrew Gould, representing the two groups, claims is a problem.
