Fact Sheets on Unlawful Militias for All 50 States Now Available from Georgetown Law’s Institute for

[Triumvirate]

Fact Sheets on Unlawful Militias for All 50 States Now Available from Georgetown Law’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection

WASHINGTON, September 22, 2020 — In anticipation of possible unlawful militias intimidating voters at the polls, Georgetown Law’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection (ICAP) has released fact sheets on unlawful militias for all 50 states. The fact sheets provide key information about lawful and unlawful militias, state laws prohibiting private militias and paramilitary activity, and what to do if citizens see groups of armed individuals near polling places.

“Local officials, law enforcement, and voters need to know that groups of armed individuals have no legal authority under federal or state law to show up at voting locations claiming to protect or patrol the polls,” said Mary McCord, Legal Director of ICAP and a former Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security at the Department of Justice.

Spread this far and wide, if you care about the future of democracy in the US.

In short, there is no legal justification in any part of the US for some self-appointed election monitor / militia to show up armed to "keep an eye" on how polling is being conducted. Call the police, cite the relevant laws for your state, and have them removed. If the police do not apply the law, go up the chain.

Wishing you all the best for a few weeks' time.

 

[Paulos23]

Thanks, this gives legal teeth to my fears.

Not that there were armed individuals around my voting drop off box, but I was thinking it could happen and what I would do.

 

[Triumvirate]

Thanks, this gives legal teeth to my fears.

Not that there were armed individuals around my voting drop off box, but I was thinking it could happen and what I would do.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Genuinely, good luck - y'all are gonna need it, sadly

 

[Paulos23]

Forewarned is forearmed.

Genuinely, good luck - y'all are gonna need it, sadly

Oh, I have already dropped them off, and there was no one there. And it would require a safebreaker and a tow truck to get in that box without all the keys.

But it could happen on election day.

 

[Triumvirate]

Oh, I have already dropped them off, and there was no one there. And it would require a safebreaker and a tow truck to get in that box without all the keys.

But it could happen on election day.

Good to hear! Either way, I hope everything goes smoothly and without incident.