• Drusas@fedia.io
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    2 days ago

    If a voter sees armed officials at a polling place, they should alert the election officials at the polling place right away.

    But what if it’s a drop box, where there is no polling official? I live in Washington, and many or most people here use unattended drop boxes.

    • ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      That sounds like a great opportunity to find out what your local laws are and what the governor’s office and your secretary of state are planning to do about it.

      Your own state Attorney General just contributed an article to The Guardian the other day about how seriously they are taking all the threats against your right to have a free and fair election in Washington state. If I were a citizen there I’d give them a call myself: they have almost certainly been thinking about the same thing you are.

      Also take note of headcount.org, which is a volunteer, non-data collecting site that a number of younger people are using to get the vote out. While it does not address your specific question, it’s a great place to start for voting laws in a specific state.

      If you find something out, would you mind posting it? I’d sure like to know, and I bet others would too.