US Justice Department says FBI, ICE agents will not serve as poll monitors in midterms

Ground ^ | 10/29/2026

[Responsibility2nd]

• On Wednesday, the Justice Department said FBI and ICE agents will not serve as poll monitors during the midterm elections, addressing concerns over federal law enforcement presence at voting sites.
• The NAACP filed suit to bar law enforcement from monitoring, arguing the Trump administration's plans amount to voter intimidation as it pursues increasingly aggressive election oversight and voter-registration data collection.
• While FBI and ICE agents are excluded, the Justice Department confirmed employees from the Federal Bureau of Prisons, ATF, DEA, and one CBP official will serve as monitors, prohibited from carrying firearms.
• Eric Neff, acting chief of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division Voting Section, filed a declaration in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia confirming monitors will observe polling places and take notes.
• Scrutiny persists following two incidents involving federal agents near early voting sites in Florida; although the Trump administration claims no plans to patrol sites, President Donald Trump, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, and FBI Director Kash Patel declined to rule out presence.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: concerntroll; fbi; ice; irresponsibletroll; responsibilitylast; tdsmidtermtroll; tdstroll

[Responsibility2nd]

So no LEO's at the polls. Fine. But if other non carrying agents see illegal activity - ICE and the FBI are minutes away.

I hope.

[FlingWingFlyer]

For elections to work in this America the craphole country, they have to be “unmonitored.”

[gibsonguy]

ICE agents will not serve as poll monitors “

Why the hell not and why announce it. Let the illegals think they be there

[bobbo666]

Don’t have to monitor. Just park vans with big labels on the side “ICE”. Every polling station. Let’s see how many voters just walk away.

[SaveFerris]

🔝🔝

[Wilderness Conservative]

We’re all being played is not an unreasonable suspicion. Could it be the joke is on MAGA and we’ve all been set up to ID ourselves for later collection? Worth considering.

[Texas Fossil]

Ground? AI

Head shake.

[californian by choice]

thumbs up

[PghBaldy]

NAACP filed suit to bar law enforcement from monitoring, arguing the Trump administration's plans amount to voter intimidation

If there is one group scared of law enforcement, it is not people the NAACP exists to protect.

[skimbell]

taco

[packrat35]

Why would ICE be an issue? If you are a citizen, you have no issue.

[thegagline]

More kowtowing by …

[Mr. K]

who the hell gave their spokesman permission to say that????

[Mr. K]

I would be wrong for us to gather near polls wearing ICE t-shirts.

So don’t do it.

[BlackFemaleArmyColonel]

That’s exactly what I believe they will do.