Have you shown up to vote only to encounter a team of armed men acting like law enforcement? Now there’s a resource for you.
Between his recent appeal to a right-wing gang and his campaign’s creation of an “army” for “election security,” President Donald Trump and his allies have fueled concerns in recent weeks that voters will experience intimidation at their polling places.
Georgetown Law’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection published a website on Friday that may help: A state-by-state guide to the laws governing “unauthorized private militia groups,” as well as a checklist for voters to consult if they see a militia at the polls. Look up your state’s laws here.
I think I stopped playing “army” in 1st grade
Get to high ground and provide overwatch? /s
I don’t think I’ll see any at the drop box tbh.
In most states obstructing a person from going about lawful activity is a crime. It’s considered an assault. If you are obstructed try 911 and make sure those that are blocking you know that you’ve done that. These assholes dress up tough buy they are not tough. The glue that bonds them is provincial ignorance.
You cannot be stopped from voting.
Readers of TPM are mostly if not entirely not the ones who have to worry about masked armed men at their polling stations. Trump was very clear about that: “South Philadelphia”. Poor and working class Blacks and Latinos will the the targets, and my guess is that they’re mostly not TPM members.