This playbook is 44 years old
SHARED FOR EDUCATION AND INFORMATION ABOUT HISTORICAL VOTER INTIMIDATION THAT WAS SUCCESSFUL IN DISCOURAGING VOTERS AND SUPPRESSING THE VOTE! LET'S NOT REPEAT HISTORY! If you think a campaign of fear at the polls sounds far-fetched, let me tell you about 1981. That year, in New Jersey, armed off-duty officers wearing "National Ballot Security Task Force" armbands patrolled polling places in Black and Latino neighborhoods. They didn't need to arrest anyone. Their presence alone frightened enough voters away to help swing a close race for governor. It worked so well it took a federal court order to stop it from happening again. That is the playbook being dusted off right now — just with ICE agents instead of armbands. And the data says it s...