What the law says about armed officers at polling places
Amid Trump administration suggestions that armed officers might appear at midterm polling places, a University of Wisconsin legal scholar lays out that federal law already bars federal troops and armed officers from polling places, with state laws typically layering on further restrictions and intimidation bans. Civil rights groups and unions have sued to block any such deployment, citing a climate of fear among voters.
The piece also covers ballot chain-of-custody law, pointing to a Riverside County, California case where a sheriff seized hundreds of thousands of ballots over unproven anomaly claims, an action the California Supreme Court found unlawful.
Voters who spot armed officials are advised to alert election officials immediately and document what they see.
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