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

Menacing messages and intimidating posts about court rulings, vote counting and even printer problems target Maricopa county employees

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.