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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMore WTF? Madness: Secretaries of state slam provision to allow Secret Service at polling places
Washington (CNN)More than a dozen secretaries of state slammed a rider attached to legislation to reauthorize the Department of Homeland Security that would allow Secret Service to be dispatched to polling places nationwide during a federal election.
"This is an alarming proposal which raises the possibility that armed federal agents will be patrolling neighborhood precincts and vote centers," according to the letter, which was obtained by CNN.
In the letter, which was sent Friday to Senate leaders Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, and Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, the 19 secretaries of state write that they believe the proposal is "unprecedented and shocking."
"Secretaries of State across the country agree that there is no discernable need for federal Secret Service agents to intrude, at the discretion of the president, who may also be a candidate in that election, into the thousands of citadels where democracy is enshrined," they wrote.
"This is an alarming proposal which raises the possibility that armed federal agents will be patrolling neighborhood precincts and vote centers," according to the letter, which was obtained by CNN.
In the letter, which was sent Friday to Senate leaders Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, and Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, the 19 secretaries of state write that they believe the proposal is "unprecedented and shocking."
"Secretaries of State across the country agree that there is no discernable need for federal Secret Service agents to intrude, at the discretion of the president, who may also be a candidate in that election, into the thousands of citadels where democracy is enshrined," they wrote.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/12/politics/secret-service-polling-places-white-house-elections/index.html
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More WTF? Madness: Secretaries of state slam provision to allow Secret Service at polling places (Original Post)
spanone
Mar 2018
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dflprincess
(28,075 posts)1. No federal agents
but I would accept U.N. observers.
tirebiter
(2,535 posts)2. Not even
The Parties can send observers.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)4. Oh! I vote for that as well!
Maybe they could inspect the voting equipment beforehand? Maybe count votes by hand too (since no one else seems capable)?
bluestarone
(16,900 posts)3. observers only!
voting equipment still bothers me! To this day i DO NOT trust the machines!!!