Protections
for Elections
Moderate — Careful Framing Required
Kansas
Constitutional Home Rule • home rule frameworks in the nation
1865
Law Enacted
$250K
Max Fine
5 YRS
Prison
ZERO
Exceptions
Since 1865, federal law has banned armed federal personnel at polling places. In 1909, Congress deliberately removed the only exception — there is no law enforcement justification for armed feds at the polls. Not for "keeping the peace." Not for preventing fraud. Nothing.
18 U.S.C. § 592 — TROOPS AT POLLS
Any federal employee who stations armed personnel at a polling place commits a felony and is permanently barred from federal service. The DOJ's own manual says FBI agents cannot be stationed at polls.
5 YEARS PRISON $250,000 FINE CAREER DEATH
Lawrence
Pop. 99K • Commission-Manager
Lawrence is a. first-class city with full constitutional home rule.
Kansas City, KS
Pop. 156K • Mayor-Council
The jurisdiction is. heavily Democratic and the most diverse county in Kansas wi...
Topeka
Pop. 127K • Council-Manager
More moderate than. Lawrence politically; primary strategic value is symbolic si...
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