Local DAs warn federal agents against showing up at polling places, threaten prosecution

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: MS NOW News

May. 25, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT


As election officials across the country brace for the possibility of federal agents descending on polling sites in November, a nationwide coalition of Democratic district attorneys has vowed to prosecute any federal agent suspected of intimidating voters.

The announcement, first reported by Politico, comes shortly after President Donald Trump refused to rule out sending U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to election sites during the midterms. “I’d do anything necessary to make sure we have honest elections,” Trump told reporters earlier this month. The coalition includes prosecutors from Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Dallas and Northern Virginia, among other jurisdictions.

“We’re ready to go,” Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner told MS NOW’s Chris Jansing on Thursday. “In the same way that my office and the offices of these other members of this group have successfully prosecuted civilians and also prosecuted law enforcement, we will prosecute federal agents who try to interfere with elections.”. “It’s a crime in almost every jurisdiction to engage in election interference under state law,” he added, “and they better get ready for the handcuffs and the jail cell.”

Federal law prohibits voter intimidation and interference at polling sites. Many states also have statutes that criminalize voter intimidation. The group is part of a nationwide coalition of local prosecutors called the Project for the Fight Against Federal Overreach, formed earlier this year to combat Trump’s executive actions.

Read more: https://www.ms.now/news/local-prosecutors-vow-to-prosecute-federal-agents-voter-intimidation

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Link to Fight Against Federal Overreach (FAFO) website - https://www.federaloverreach.org/

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[AverageOldGuy]

1. My plan:

We moved from deep rural VA to fully-urban Northern VA to be close to our children so we can be a burden on them.

Our area is heavily Hispanic with a visible presence of South Asians. My not-exactly-legal barber tells me ICE is all over the place here.

My plan to vote is simple:

-- Empty my pockets of everything except driver's license and voter ID card -- don't carry anything that could be construed as a weapon.
-- Leave my cane at home as it could be called a weapon.
-- Refuse to show ID to anyone except the poll worker inside who is checking the pollbook. And refuse and refuse and refuse.
-- Be exceedingly polite.
-- If they block my path, try to walk around them, and try and try again.
-- Two friends making videos the whole time. I'll do the same for them.
-- If they knock me down, arrest me, or whatever, I'll do the same as I did when I was a college student in Alabama in the 1960's marching in Birmingham, Montgomery, and Selma -- GO LIMP.

[oldsoldierfadingfast]

3. So you left ...

my area of VA where we really need your vote!! I'll forgive you for that considering your reason.
Have you thought of just wearing a red BB cap (w/o the MAGA) - take your cane or a walker -Rs will fall over themselves to help you; they will clear your way, opening doors, offer food and drink should there be a long line. They may even escort you to the front of the line. Oh, and do you have a red shirt?
Out here, my red walker, pants and shoes work for me. LOL

[duhneece]

2. NM passed law: No armed federal agents at polling places

Sorry I can’t copy and paste paragraphs but:
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/new-mexico-secretary-of-state-explains-law-barring-armed-federal-agents-at-polls