Imminent midterm elections add urgency, sense of purpose to No King’s protests

With just over two weeks until Election Day, the anti-MAGA “No Kings” protests returned to the Valley, and the largest, organized by LUCHA, had a twist this time.

Instead of marching to the state Capitol, protesters paraded from Grant Park to the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center where protesters dropped off their ballots for early voting.

Organizers chose each location for a purpose. They chose the MCTEC for obvious ballot-related reasons, but the symbolism of that location took on added urgency after Secretary of State Adrian Fontes’s office received a mysterious white powder Thursday afternoon…

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