Voter Intimidation!

Pure and simple... it is nothing more than an attempt at voter intimidation! Trump is threatening to send federal agents to voting places. You want to bet that if he does, it will be to minority districts that tend to vote Democrat?

Trump is threatening to send ICE to polling places. Officials like me won’t let him.

As Nevada’s secretary of state, I will not let this administration intimidate voters.

MS Now

By Cisco Aguilar

June 6, 2026

As the midterms approach, election officials across the country are preparing for a dangerous possibility: the deployment of immigration agents and other federal law enforcement officials to America’s polls.

Any stationing of federal law enforcement at polling sites is a heavy-handed attempt to intimidate voters. It runs counter to our founding principles, including that all of us are created equal, and that promise is fulfilled at the ballot box. When we cast our ballots, it doesn’t matter who you are, what you believe in or the amount of money  in your bank account. They all count the same — one person, one vote.

Trump is running scared, rigging voting districts by gerrymandering, and trying to make it hard to vote for low-income workers who work multiple jobs to make ends meet and can't take time off to vote.

The challenge we now face is anti-democratic forces running amok. President Trump and his anti-democracy allies seek to weaken our democracy to improve their chances of winning elections. They have repeatedly suggested deploying ICE agents to voting locations for that purpose — to sow discord and confusion. Whether or not these deployments occur, the mere suggestion is enough to create fear, chaos and doubt. This is particularly true in states like Nevada that were built by, and continue to grow because of, the contributions of immigrants.

Democracy only works when voters feel safe enough to participate. If voters are afraid to vote, many will stay home, and that is exactly what anti-democratic officials want. Rather than answer to the people, these extremists seek to pick and choose their voters.

He wants to scare voters away with the fear of violence!

Sending ICE to Polling Places Is Illegal

Armed federal agents have absolutely no business near election sites.

The Brennan Center for Justice

Jasleen Singh, Kendall Verhovek

March 31, 2026

Ahead of the 2026 midterms, Trump administration allies have floated the possibility that federal immigration agents could interfere at polling sites this fall, a scenario that would violate federal and state laws.

Longtime Trump supporter Steve Bannon said last week that the deployment of ICE agents to airports is “perfect training for the fall of 2026.” Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin said during his confirmation hearing to lead the Department of Homeland Security that ICE could be sent to polling places in the event of a “specific threat.”

The White House and a top DHS official previously said there are no plans to deploy ICE agents to polling sites. Those assurances, however, do little to ease concerns over voter intimidation and chilling voter turnout because of these persistent calls.

Part of the push to deploy ICE agents to polling sites stems from the administration’s insistence, without evidence, that noncitizens are voting in droves. Noncitizen voting is already illegal and vanishingly rare, and states have multiple checks in place that ensure only American citizens vote.

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Can the president send ICE agents to polling places?

No. Elections are special. There are specific federal and state laws that make this kind of action unlawful.

Sending ICE or any other armed federal agents to the polls is illegal because federal law bans federal officers from interfering in elections. It’s also illegal because federal law bans troops and armed federal agents from being deployed anywhere an “election is held.” While that law was passed in 1865, surely in today’s elections, that means wherever votes are cast and counted, including, polling places, vote-counting facilities, and drop boxes. And any kind of voter intimidation, including by federal agents, is illegal under both federal and state law regardless of where it happens.

You know that Trump and company know this... this is established law. I would imagine that this is covered in law school. So, the only reason Trump is saying this is to keep voters away from the polls.