As voters head to the polls Nov. 3, Denver election officials are preparing for an election they hope will be uneventful — even as they plan for scenarios that once seemed incomprehensible.
Denver Clerk and Recorder Paul López said his office has expanded its contingency planning to address potential federal intervention, including by training election judges on how to respond to armed federal agents appearing at voting centers and by taking legal action.
Denver is a plaintiff in League of United Latin American Citizens v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which challenges the Trump administration’s authority to deploy armed Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to polling places for routine immigration enforcement…