Calls for investigations grow over Katie Hobbs' alleged use of Twitter censorship, 1A issues

 As Arizona certified its election on Monday, calls for investigations into Secretary of State Katie Hobbs have grown since her office allegedly flagged a Twitter account for review, which led to two tweets being removed. The reason for the state intervention to seek suppression of the offending speech, the comms director said only:

Twitter has removed both tweets.

• "These messages falsely assert that the Voter Registration System is owned and therefore operated by foreign actors," the tweet said. "This is an attempt to further undermine confidence in the election institution in Arizona."
• The email was sent to the nonprofit Center for Internet Security, which forwarded it to Twitter.

What else did Katie Hobbs have removed? And how much censorship took place under her office?"

• This certainly didn't stop with private citizens.
• Christina Bobb, attorney for Donald Trump for President 2024, asked on Real America's Voice's "War Room" TV show Monday: "What about her primary opponents?".

The email was from before both Hobbs' and Lake's bids for governor were announced

• Hobbs should have noted when she announced her candidacy for governor that she was censoring people
• She had the opportunity to make an open platform where people could see what was being censored and make their own decision about what should and should not be censored
• Instead, she kept it hidden and violated the First Amendment of many of their constituents by requesting that they be silenced

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) called for a federal investigation into the alleged censorship by Hobbs.

• "The SOS of AZ and Gov candidate, Katie Hobbs, used the power of the AZ SOS to collude w/ Twitter to unconstitutionally violate 1st Amendment rights of Americans for her own political gain," she tweeted. "This is communism and Hobbs can not be governor. I'm calling for a Federal investigation."

The 2022 Arizona midterm election

• After all but one county certified by the state deadline last Monday, Governor Susie Hobbs certified the election on Monday
• Cochise County did not certify until Thursday
• The Mohave County Board of Supervisors certified under duress after being informed by Hobbs that they could be referred for felony prosecution if they didn't certify

Election Day issues

• At least 72 vote centers in Maricopa County experienced issues on Election Day, from ballots rejected by tabulators to improper checkout procedures and hours-long lines for voting, according to reporting by Republican election observers filed with the Arizona attorney general’s office.
• The AGO has received hundreds of complaints since Election Day pertaining to issues related to the administration of the 2022 General Election.

On Nov. 27, the county replied to the letter, saying that it followed the law on Election Day and the election problems were "regrettable."

• The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors voted to certify its election on Monday, after listening to a flood of voter complaints regarding issues they experienced trying to vote.

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