With the 2022 midterm elections underway, outlets and politicians on the left are issuing warnings of voter suppression and intimidation. Specific concerns are being raised, and referred to authorities, over potential intimidation occurring in Maricopa County, Arizona, where reports state armed men have been seen loitering around ballot drop boxes and photographing voters.

Key Quotes: In a speech on Wednesday, President Joe Biden called for voters to “stand up and speak against” voter intimidation. Columnist Leonard Pitts Jr. connected voter intimidation efforts to racial tensions, citing Maricopa County’s majority non-white population to state that a “large fragment of white America feels itself outnumbered in the country’s changing demographic climate.” Political Science Professor Kristin Kanthak cited a Reuters (Center Bias) poll finding 40% of respondents were concerned about voting intimidation to state, “concerns about voter intimidation are greater in 2022, largely because of reactions to baseless claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election.”

Outlets on the right have mostly been silent on the issue of voter intimidation, largely attributing warnings to be a campaign tactic from Democrats. The New York Post Editorial Board dismissed warnings, writing that “someone, somewhere, might’ve threatened some voter,” but insisted the President’s claims had “absolutely no evidence to back it up,” not mentioning the reports from Maricopa County.

For Context: Midterm election day is this upcoming Tuesday, November 8. Early voting and mail-in ballot drop-offs are already taking place.