BREAKING: DOJ is sending personnel to 44 jurisdictions in 18 states to “monitor for compliance with federal voting rights laws.” pic.twitter.com/1XlaSFV6MN— Mike Coudrey (@MichaelCoudrey) November 2, 2020
From the article:
Reports last week indicated up to 1,000 Texas National Guard troops would be deployed to five different Texas cities, but Maj. Gen. Tracy Norris, the adjutant general of the Texas Army National Guard, said there are no plans to send guard troops to polling locations.
“The Texas National Guard continues to support [The Texas Department of Public Safety] guarding historical landmarks such as the Alamo and the State Capitol,” Norris said last week. “To be clear, there has been no request nor plan to provide any type of support at any polling location in Texas.”
Texas Guard spokesman Brandon Jones told the San Antonio Express-News, “We have not been asked to go to any polling locations as of yet. Now that could change, leading up to the election or after the election.”
The New York Times reported hundreds of National Guard troops in various states have also deployed for non-law enforcement roles, including to assist poll workers. In New Jersey and Wisconsin, guard troops have been called in to assist with the elections and are at the polls wearing civilian clothes, so as not to alarm voters by the site of camouflage uniformed soldiers at polling stations.
Wisconsin National Guard spokesman Maj. Joe Trovato told the New York Times, the guard troops were wearing plain clothes because “it creates a sense of normalcy.” Trovato added, “We’re not trying to alarm anyone; we are just trying to support the election.”
BREAKING: DOJ is sending personnel to 44 jurisdictions in 18 states to “monitor for compliance with federal voting rights laws.” pic.twitter.com/1XlaSFV6MN— Mike Coudrey (@MichaelCoudrey) November 2, 2020
