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30 September
7:43 pm

a panel of three judges, all of whom were appointed by democratic presidents on the ninth circuit court of appeal... when mister Fontes tried to make it a crime to criticize him

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Alexander Kolodin, at Arizona Secretary of State General Election Debate

7:43 pm
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Why we checked itAsserts that Fontes took legal action to criminalize criticism of himself, and that a Ninth Circuit panel of three Democrat-appointed judges ruled against him — specific legal claim that can be verified against court records
What we foundThe claim is accurate: a three-judge Ninth Circuit panel, all appointed by Democratic presidents, ruled against Fontes' election manual provision that critics argued could criminalize speech at polling places.
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