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Alex Padilla: Now, election officials are talking about, okay, what if armed federal agents show up at the polls under some pretext…

On the recordJune 17, 2026
Now, election officials are talking about, okay, what if armed federal agents show up at the polls under some pretext and intimidate voters? Now, what do we do?
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Alex Padilla
Democratic · California

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On preparing for unprecedented election interference.

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