NM Secretary of State fights proposal for Secret Service agents in voting centers

[struggle4progress]

By: Chris McKee
Updated: Mar 21, 2018 10:23 PM MDT

... "It's pretty alarming," said Maggie Toulouse Oliver, New Mexico's Secretary of State. "It does raise a lot of concerns and questions for us."

Toulouse Oliver has joined at least 20 other U.S. secretaries of state to oppose the proposed rule change, which she believes could be abused by the Executive Branch.

"It does give the president unfettered authority to be able to just randomly assign agents to polling locations," said Toulouse Oliver.

The proposal is part of a bill to reauthorize the the Department of Homeland Security ...

http://www.krqe.com/news/new-mexico/nm-secretary-of-state-fights-new-proposal-for-secret-service-agents-in-vote-centers/1067178446

[tanyev]

1. Aren't they already stretched to the breaking point protecting DOTUS and his idiot spawn?