Foiled kidnapping of Michigan governor highlights preparations for election-related conflict
A season of unrest is quickly giving way to urgent preparations for possible conflict aimed at next month’s contentious election, which President Donald Trump has already repeatedly cast as illegitimate.
Federal, state and local law enforcement officials have been bracing for possible clashes at local polling places, violence and larger demonstrations similar to the summer-long social justice protests that spilled into the streets of dozens of American cities.
Across the country, authorities have been considering their role in securing an election at a time when public confidence in law enforcement has been threatened by a series of fatal shootings involving police, prompting sustained protests in Portland, Minneapolis, Kenosha, Wisconsin, and Washington, D.C.
In an ominous warning last month, the chief of New Jersey's Homeland Security and Preparedness office called attention to a gathering storm of worries directly tied to the Nov. 3 election
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