Protect Elections & Our Polls

I am alarmed by the continual assaults on our fair access to the ballot perpetrated by Trump, now also SCOTUS and former confederate states. I am also aghast that the GOP refused to pass a law against gerrymandering. It is no less alarming that many GOP pushed the voter suppression SAVE act and circulated lies about elections in order to undermine public trust and gin up suspicion against immigration. Now Trump's wish to put his thumb on the scales in November is clear to all. Most recently he has been talking about sending an army to the polls. Steve Bannon has also declared his support for ICE presence at the polls. The persistent attempts at seizing ballots and electoral rolls by Trump's lackeys should alarm everyone. Today I ask you to make certain kinds of interference at polling places into federal crimes. --- Ban third-party voter challenges and other forms of vigilantism. ---- Provide criminal and civil remedies for voter intimidation. -- reinforce existing bans on law enforcement, ICE and military presence at the polls. While elections are administered by the states, there is no doubt that Trump will be scheming to exclude or suppress persons and districts who will be unfavorable to him.