'Chills Voting Everywhere': Lawsuit Claims Trump Administration Threats of Armed Poll Agents Violate VRA
The groups say armed federal agents at polling sites would deter voters of color and immigrants, and they seek a nationwide injunction.
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'Chills Voting Everywhere': Lawsuit Claims Trump Administration Threats of Armed Poll Agents Violate VRA
Democratic groups and congressional leaders have sued the Trump administration, arguing that possible armed federal-agent deployments near polling places could violate voting-rights protections and deter voters.
Labor, civil rights groups sue to stop ICE at the polls
WASHINGTON—Alarmed by reports that Republican President Donald Trump will send heavily armed and violent ICE agents to the polls nationwide—to act as they did when they rampaged through Minneapolis-St. Paul—a coalition of unions and civil rights groups wants federal judges to ban the deployments. In a 65-page brief filed in U.S. District Court in D.C., […]
NAACP Sues to Block Federal Agents at the Polls
BlackPressUSA Morning Show: Host Niele Anderson is joined by Dr. Mike Davis for a closer look at the headlines demanding attention. The NAACP is suing to block what it describes as unlawful voter intimidation involving federal agents at polling places this fall. Plus, questions and community concern continue after a Black man was found hanging from a tree in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. The medical examiner ruled the death a suicide, and police hav…
Several organizations and top Democratic officials filed a lawsuit in federal court today to block the Trump administration from deploying armed agents to polling places, risking voter intimidation in November's midterm elections. "In violation of federal law and undermining the traditional sanctity of polling places, the Trump administration has made clear, ... More www.ertnews.gr
NAACP and Other Civil Rights Groups Sue to Block the Trump Administration from Sending Armed Agents to U.S. Polling Places
The NAACP filed a lawsuit Friday alongside other civil rights groups to block the Trump administration from sending armed agents to U.S. polling places ahead of November’s midterm elections. The lawsuit names the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the Department of Justice (DOJ), the FBI and several Trump officials, seeking …
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