From the LA Times:
Can people openly carry guns into polling places? Most states don’t ban them
That is true.
Good.
Growing activity from armed far-right groups and President Trump’s calls for his supporters to watch polling places “very carefully” have raised concerns of possible disruptions or voter intimidation ahead of the Nov. 3 election. States will also have to prepare for the prospect of guns being brought into voting sites — legally.
This is more of the bullshit: “the greatest threat isn’t Antifa but far-right groups and Proud Boys.”
No, Antifa is actively burning down cities, intimidating people, killing people, but the Democrats, Media, and Deep State all support Antifa, so you get bullshit threat assessments.
Antifa has threatened to poll watch. They have embraced their Klan roots and the Klan did that too.
The actual threat is the Black Bloc beating up suspected Trump voters, but they won’t tell you that.
Only about a dozen states — including California, Arizona, Florida and Georgia — explicitly ban open and/or concealed carry in voting sites.
In much of the country, voters may bring firearms into polling places, as long as the buildings being used for voting don’t generally ban them — as many schools, government buildings and churches do. Those rules vary at the state and local level.
Check your state and find out what the rules are. Be law-abiding.
Federal law bans voter intimidation, which can include obstructing access to polling places, addressing voters while wearing uniforms or military-style clothing or writing down people’s license plate numbers. Brandishing a weapon in a threatening way would also qualify as voter intimidation.
Which side has been the one taking pictures of license plates and doxxing people?
Dale Ho, director of the ACLU’s Voting Rights Project, said his group is preparing for a range of scenarios that’s broader and potentially more extreme than what it has anticipated in the past. That planning isn’t based on any specific threats, and Ho emphasized that he didn’t want to alarm people or make voters think his group is predicting outbreaks of violence. Instead, the preparation grew from its reading of violent events at protests in Kenosha, Wis., and Portland, Ore., and the rhetoric coming from the White House.
Actual Leftist fires and murders vs. Trump saying something, so of course, the threat is Trump and not the people setting fires.
I need to check up on the laws in Alabama and where my new polling place is located, but if you can carry at your polling place, this year is probably a good idea to carry. This year is different, they are right about that, they are just telling you to be worried about the wrong crowd.
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