Bannon's plan to send ICE to polling locations was tried in 1982 and resulted in major defeat
I have been volunteering on voter protection efforts since 2004. Until 2018, the RNC was under a cease and desist order/injunction that was due to the RNC doing something similar. All of the voter protection teams had the number of the lawyers in New Jersey who were in charge of monitoring compliance with this injunction. You had to go through the DNC voter protection team to file any thing to trigger this injunction
Bannon really wants to have law enforcement or ICE at polling locations
Steve Bannon says they’re going to “have ICE surround the polls†in November.
— Leah McElrath (@leahmcelrath.bsky.social) 2026-02-04T03:38:00.604Z
(They don’t have enough people to do that everywhere, but they could target select locations.)
When the GOP tried this 1982, the result was a great injunction that lasted until 2018
From 1982-2018, the Republican National Committee was barred from "ballot security measures" because of their record of using state actors to intimidate minority voters.
— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn.bsky.social) 2026-02-04T20:19:55.429Z
(H/t @rickhasen.bsky.social)
www.npr.org/2018/01/09/5...
If Bannon gets his wish, you will see some fun litigation that will use the 1982 injunction as an example of the relief that would be appropriate.
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