By Jeff Helfgott
ICE agents showed up at polling sites in San Antonio and Syracuse—so Democrats just filed the first lawsuit in the country to stop it.
The lawsuit, filed Thursday in federal court in Washington, D.C., names Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin and David Venturella, the acting head of ICE, and it is the first case in the country trying to stop federal agents from being sent to voting sites.
The Civil War-era statute it leans on bars ordering troops or armed men to "any place where a general or special election is held," with a single exception: to repel armed enemies of the United States.
The penalties are fines, imprisonment and disqualification from holding office.
The penalties are fines, imprisonment and disqualification from holding office.
Mullin told reporters that Democrats were fearmongering and that ICE is not patrolling polls.
"The only reason why we would be at polling places is if there is a threat to that polling place," he said, "or we're serving a warrant."
"The only reason why we would be at polling places is if there is a threat to that polling place," he said, "or we're serving a warrant."
He also said this in a statement: "Honestly, if you're not a citizen you shouldn't be voting anyways so technically there shouldn't be illegals at the polling spot."
The complaint lists what has already happened. In May, armed agents "swarmed" the parking lot of an open polling site in San Antonio and detained a person in plain view of voters until the county sheriff ordered them to leave.
In June, ICE agents walked into a polling site in Syracuse, New York, and interrogated an election volunteer about a social media post she had written five months earlier about the fatal ICE shooting of a woman in Minneapolis.
The complaint also notes that ICE has detained more than 170 U.S. citizens.
Denver's election office has already scheduled training for election workers on how to identify federal agents in plain clothes, document their presence and de-escalate.
The complaint says rumors of armed agents at polls have made recruiting election judges harder, and losing large numbers of them mid-cycle would slow the count.
5 comments:
How true is it that in Michigan when you get a driver's license they automatically register you to vote? Asking for a friend
How dumb are these people? IN TEXAS you need proof of citizenship to get a driver's license, a passport and you need to register at the county offices for voting. When you vote they ask you for YOUR voter registration that has to match the ID you present so if a Hispanic brown skin Texan shows up and has ALL the requirements what will they ask for next?
To vote in Texas, you need to present an acceptable form of photo ID, such as a Texas Driver License or a U.S. Passport. If you do not have a photo ID, you can still vote by providing an alternative form of identification and filling out a Reasonable Impediment Declaration at the polls. So quit spreading BS you little communist.
Many people are not voting. Too much hassle. Let Elon Musk decide the winner of all elections.
@ 4:25 Your Nalgas pendejo!
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