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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Rachel Leingang

‘Get cancer’: how election lies morphed into a plague of hate in Arizona

A composite of elections workers and threatening social media posts.
Elections officials in Maricopa county have beefed up security after a rise in threats against their offices and employees. Composite: The Guardian/Getty Images/Maricopa county voting officials

On a typical day during the 2022 elections in Arizona, threatening emails and social media posts flowed into Maricopa county’s inboxes.

Emailers, social media posters and callers were mad about everything from printer problems on election day to vote counting to court rulings, documents obtained by the Guardian show.

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