Look, if they do this, it's bad.
But also, the math doesn't entire math for me. Cook County alone has ~3,000 voting precincts, and some must have multiple polling stations.
There are ~4,000 armed ICE agents in US. More CBP (who are lumped in w this, prob). But even if we get to 20,000 armed ppl?
Feb 4, 2026 18:10I know the argument is that they just need to target select polling stations in select competitive seats, and their capacity increases for that.
But I also think a lot of the competitive seats (like Lawler in upstate's NY-17) aren't the sort diverse urban places ICE best justifies its presence.
I’ve been working on the Lawyers’ Committee Election Protection project for more than 20 years. This kind of threat happens in almost every cycle and almost never materializes. The threat - creating fear - IS the voter suppression tool. It costs nothing so any suppression it produces is a plus.
Nope, they are going to send them into cities and place them in minority polling places. They already had the precincts decided.
Time for increase in mail in ballots for those vulnerable locations.
My concern is all the "unofficial" radicals (MAGAt) who take it upon themselves to patrol polling sites because the orange POS already has ordered actual govt agents to polling places...they are being ordered/enabled in their delusional minds...
Think Mob Boss tactics/messaging...
