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October 21, 2020

Armed Poll Watchers Deploy to Democratic Precincts as Trump Jr. Calls Up "Army for Election Security"
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In Texas, a federal appeals court has ruled that election officials can
void people's mail-in ballots if they determine a signature on the
ballot cannot be verified. Under the court's ruling, officials don't
have to inform voters that their ballots were rejected until after the
election. 

In Minnesota, the Council on American-Islamic Relations is suing the
private security company Atlas Aegis for recruiting ex-U.S. military
Special Operations soldiers to deploy to polling places, calling it
illegal voter intimidation and a breach of the Voting Rights Act. 

Michigan's secretary of state is ordering a ban on the open carrying of
firearms within 100 feet of polling places. 

In Florida, the Miami Police Department says it will discipline police
officer Daniel Ubeda after he was photographed in uniform, wearing a
pro-Trump mask and a holstered firearm, outside a voting site. This all
follows Donald Trump Jr.'s call for volunteers to deploy to Democratic
precincts to "join Army for Trump's election security."


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