U.S. has no plans to send troops to the polls in November, Gen. Caine says
The highest-ranking officer in the U.S. military says there are no plans to send troops to polling places during November's midterm congressional elections.
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine, has stated in a letter to Michigan Democratic Senator Elissa Slotkin that there are no plans to deploy military troops to polling places during the November midterm congressional elections. Caine made this assertion during a meeting with President Donald Trump at the Oval Office.
The Joint Force, according to Caine's statement, is not planning to send federal military personnel or federalized National Guard members to vote counting sites. Additionally, he affirmed that the military will not seize ballots, voting machines, or any election-related materials. Caine emphasized that he has neither received nor expects any unlawful orders regarding the military's role in the upcoming elections.
The senator's concerns have been heightened by President Trump's recent actions, such as deploying federal agents in Democratic-led states and considering the use of the military to seize voting machines after his defeat in 2020.
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