I’m at the Maricopa County Elections Center where a “Stop the Vote” rally is underway. A few hundred attendees are already here, but the event is to start at 10 a.m.

Only a handful of people have masks. More than 121,000 COVID cases were recorded today in the U.S.

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Every generation is represented in this crowd. The current speaker is discussing how masks “dehumanize us.”

He said they are unhappy with the GOP as well. “In our own party, we got played.”

Max Watkin, 28, said there are "thousands of cases of voter fraud" and CNN is dismissing it as a "myth." He was unable to vote for seven years due to a drug possession charge and is worried his “rights don't matter.”

There is no evidence of voter fraud thus far

The crowd is currently praying. “We lift our President before you.”

The crowd is now cheering for the removal of Adrian Fontes, the Maricopa County Recorder. In response to the theory “Sharpie-gate,” the speaker said “we know who you are and we know what you did.”

They claim he is on the verge of losing his job.

“Sharpies were not supposed to be used on ballots,” he said. “There was bleed through that makes people very uncomfortable about their vote.”

This is FALSE. Maricopa County prefers sharpies because the ink dries fast and prevents smudging. @azcentral

. @charliekirk11 is here and said the fact that thousands of mail-in ballots are being counted in favor of Biden is party of the “Democratic party’s playbook.”

“Why is it that battleground counties took the night off?”

Charlie Kirk is a conservative activist who founded Turning Point USA, which is right-wing organization that advocates conservative principles on high school, college, and university campuses.

Charlie is saying it’s impossible that Biden got more votes than Obama because he couldn’t get “100 people to show up at his events.”

The crowd breaks out in a chant of “Four more years!”

The crowd claims “based on legal votes,” Donald Trump is winning AZ, GA and PA.

As of right now, Biden is leading in all three of those states.

Mail-in votes are legal votes, for clarification.

Organizers from yesterday’s rally asked attendees to NOT open carry. So far, we have counted about 10 handguns and one AR-15. It is unclear if that same request was made for today’s gathering.

The current speaker, Brandon Tatum, has the AR-15 strapped across his chest. He said Republicans will “fight to the finish.”

. @DrPaulGosar is now speaking. He has attended other rallies this week. He asked the crowd to chant “Where is @dougducey?”

The current speaker said he is a fifth generation Arizonan and does not believe his state could turn blue. “If you campaigned for Joe Biden in Arizona, we have your number and we are going to see you at (future races).”

Jake Angeli is a well-known QAnon supporter in Arizona. He said BLM and Antifa are “mobs,” but who is out today are “American patriots.”

State Representative Anthony Kern @anthonykernAZ is here now speaking. “Whatever you are, have a spine and stick together. I can tell you one thing God hates: The shedding of innocent blood, like that of innocent babies. Thank god Trump is here for such a time as this.”

. @kelliwardaz is here now. This is the first of the protests she has attended. She said she has been in the “war room with people fighting for votes to be counted.”

“I am with Trump 100%. In this battle, I’m a warrior.”

With Trump flags flying high, the crowd is singing the national anthem.

They are chanting “fake news” and said the media is “enemy No.1.” The current speaker said Fox News turned on them.

He finished by chanting “defund the media.”

The entire crowd is kneeling (if they can). Adel Belgaied, who hosted “Save the children” rallies over the summer, said prayer is the “only thing people should kneel for.”

Adel said history classes are brainwashing children and leaving “God out of the classroom.” He said Trump has fought “day in and day out” for his people and will help his supporters find their way.

Jennifer Harrison from Arizona Patriots said she was fired from her job “for being a patriot.”

According our reporting, she was charged with felony identity theft, which contributed to her firing. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.azcentral.com/amp/5999976002

“This is the banana republic we live in people — pay attention,” Harrison said. “They hate that you have the right to protect yourself. You’ve got to reject the lies from the left. The more we oppose it, the weaker they get.”

“I will run through my neighborhood with a microphone to get more people involved because they will never, ever take my voice,” Harrison said.

A @CBSNews cameraman was just forced out of the crowd. They started screaming “six feet away” even though protestors are inches apart. @azcentral

Protestors are moving because they claim someone is “moving boxes into the building.” They believe the boxes contain extra ballots, but there is no evidence of that at this time.

The boxes they are referring to are labeled as media equipment.

More and more attendees are showing up with guns. @azcentral

Also, unlike previous protests, neighboring streets are blocked off “for their safety,” an officer tells us.

Joey N. used to be a democrat, but said he now identifies as a nationalist because both parties have let “the American people down.”

When I asked, he said he does support Trump because “that’s who we need.”

Three hours after the start of the event, this is the size of the crowd. A couple hundred people have left, but some attendees have mentioned they plan to stay here through the night.