Democrats and voting advocates are going on the offensive against the Trump administration’s threats to send armed federal agents to the polls as voters cast their ballots in the 2026 midterm elections.
Federal law bans armed civil or military officers from voting locations, but administration officials have repeatedly suggested they could still be deployed.
With Election Day just over a month away, Democrats and civic groups have filed two lawsuits that aim to bar federal law enforcement at the polls. Meanwhile, Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) on Wednesday introduced a bill to restrict them from coming within a quarter-mile of voting sites, and some states have advanced their own protections.
The Baldwin measure, in particular — though unlikely to pass into law — suggests Democrats are looking not just to head off any attempt to deploy law enforcement to voting sites themselves, but also to focus attention on what may be an even bigger threat to voting access: potential efforts to snarl traffic and create broader disruptions in urban, Democratic-leaning areas that could make it harder for voters to get to the polls in the first place.
Taken together, the lawsuits and legislation amount to a growing campaign to resist one of the Trump administration’s most alarming threats to the election.
Jesus christ, in a sane world we’d have removed this fuckhead long ago.
Hey, question from a non-American. Can your president simply say, “I don’t accept the results of this election” and declare it to be null and void or in abeyance?
There is no “legal” mechanism for this. States run the elections and send their representatives directly in the new session of Congress, independently from any executive branch office. The president isn’t supposed to have a say in which or how many representatives can start the new term of Congress.
As for what Trump would actually do regardless of the laws to potentially change or stop a new Congress, no one knows for sure. It would probably be a new level of constitutional crisis if he did try to illegally change or stop the new Congress.
One more constitutional crisis and the country gets a free small vanilla ice cream.
Of course it’s vanilla.
November sure is going to be fun.
Unless you’re mobilizing with weapons, good luck.
Civil war
Democrats could have kept trump from ever being in power by releasing all kinds of damning info about him since everyone already knew he was a sex trafficker.
Democrats could have had him removed after impeachment the first term with high crimes and treason. They could have used the 25th amendment too.
Democrats could have used committee positions and procedural tricks like the GOO to stall bills and sabatoage any productive actions.
Democrats could have kept trump from office after January 6th and the fake elector scheme
Democrats could have had him removed for high crimes and treason the second term.
Democrats could have stopped him from illegally destroying the Whitehouse and building a six story bunker with an AI data center and drone airport which will be surrounded by sniper towers.
Democrats could have him removed after the many times that he threatened to nuke a civilization.
Democrats could have removed him when he destroyed the UN and NATO and changed our allies relationships forever.
Democrats could have removed him when he committed warcrimes in Iran and South America and now we are under investigation for warcrimes by the ICC and UN. The first investigator was murdered in broad daylight.
So now, to prep for the midterms,
Hakeem is meeting with Jared Kushner secretly AIPAC Dems are funding aipac Republicans over DSA candidates. (BlUe No MaTtEr WhO) Tammy duckworth is saying that if we win, we shouldn’t waste time on impeachment so we can move forward and “compromise” with MAGA
If anyone or anything could stop what’s happening, it would have happened by now.
He won’t accept the results and there isn’t anyone who will enforce the law.
Please post who will enforce the election results if you disagree
Some people are still convinced the law is some natural force that will simply happen without enforcement
Democrats could have kept trump from ever being in power by releasing all kinds of damning info about him since everyone already knew he was a sex trafficker.
I don’t know if that we would have worked or not. The GOP had every opportunity to remove Trump when he basically committed treason by asking for Russia to get Hillary’s emails on live TV.
Agreed. I’m just saying that we don’t have an opposition party.
Hakeem Jeffries is funded by a Peter Thiel and just appointed more dem Thiel agents into some AI regulatory committee.
The Dems want to “compromise”
I won’t ever compromise with fascists. What does that even mean? Are we good with 30000 people in a camp instead of 60000? Will we let pedophiles use “just the tip”?
How do you compromise with pedophilic fascists? You don’t because they CANNOT exist in a normal society
Early vote in person if you can. It doesn’t all need to be done on election day, much less crowded now and the corrupt feds can’t be there every day from now until November.
If you do see armed terrorists hanging around a call to the police saying you don’t feel safe might be an interesting test of local law enforcement.
My supreme court prediction: we can’t decide anything because the Trump administration hasn’t actually sent anybody to the polls. Wait till Election Day and we will make a decision after a complaint makes its way back up to the Supreme Court.
The real question is, who’s going to enforce this? They’re gonna deploy the local PD to face off against a lawless nameless heavily armed federal military force?
- Most of the local PD would bring coconut oil and bend over for ICE anyway.
I’ve lost most of the little faith I had in local law enforcement to begin with.
Haha you morons still think you have a country.
I just decided. I’m going to start blocking dicks like you each time I see one of these, 0 input, “fuck America” replies. You’re not adding anything to the discussion. You’re first!
Might block me but why shouldn’t the world say fuck america? I mean your president and politicians have threatened to take over my country multiple times. As stated above you have changed relationship with alias for at least awhile don’t expect it to go back to “normal”. If it does the west should just officially become part of America I know as it is right now they can’t function without them. How many governments are on American platforms around the world. The largest spy network and people pay them to use it.
Sure. And I’m the one doing it all /s. You’re yelling at the wrong fucking Americans.
If you’re an American living in America, you’re the right American because you’re all the same.
There are actually a lot of Americans who are as upset as anybody but not in a position to leave
You wouldn’t know by how quiet they all are.
This is such a simplistic take.
Sometimes simple is correct.
I don’t block people, I just tag them with a 💩 or 🤡 emoji so I know they aren’t worth dealing with.
Yeah, this guy is tagged “Little Shit” and keeps showing why. What a loser.
Where are they even from? I doubt their country is a bastion of morality.
No country is without sin
I think they’re just generally shitty to people, and that no one likes them; being right or having any moral high ground is secondary
Please do it
Libs: oh you better not! we need to vote because that will work against you! wags finger
remember to “vote” this nov! your choices are bluemaga and maga, hav fun!
Choices are nazis and nazi enablers
