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Bobby Charles Plans ICE, Marshals at Maine Polls

8/27/2026

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Bobby Charles Requests ICE

Bobby Charles said on Aug. 20 he will ask czar Tom Homan to send ICE agents and U.S. Marshals to Maine polling places before Nov. 3.
The request followed the July 13 killing of Colombian Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero by an ICE officer in Biddeford, Maine, raising Democratic concerns about voter intimidation.
Democratic Party executive director Devon Murphy-Anderson called the proposal deeply alarming and likely illegal.

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Bobby Charles Requests

Bobby Charles announced on Aug. 20 he will ask Tom Homan to send ICE agents and U.S. Marshals to Maine polling places before Nov. 3 election.
The request was framed as a lawful measure to protect election integrity and deter illegal voting.
Secretary of State Shenna Bellows said federal agents will not be permitted at polling places.
A 19th-century law bars armed officers from polling sites except to stop an imminent attack.

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Bobby Charles Demands ICE

Republican nominee Bobby Charles said Aug. 20 he will ask Tom Homan to send ICE agents and Marshals to Maine polling places before Nov. 3 election.
The request likely violates federal and Maine law that prohibit ICE officers within 250 feet of polling sites.
Campaign manager Dale Crafts Jr. said the plan aims to prevent illegal voting.
Shenna Bellows said Constitution bars federal agents at polls and no noncitizen voting evidence exists.

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The Left-leaning summary reported that an ICE officer killed Colombian national Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine on July 13.
Within this story's sources, this angle appears mainly in Left-leaning coverage and receives less attention in Center-leaning and Right-leaning coverage.

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Bobby Charles Requests ICE

Bobby Charles said on Aug. 20 he will ask czar Tom Homan to send ICE agents and U.S. Marshals to Maine polling places before Nov. 3.
The request followed the July 13 killing of Colombian Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero by an ICE officer in Biddeford, Maine, raising Democratic concerns about voter intimidation.
Democratic Party executive director Devon Murphy-Anderson called the proposal deeply alarming and likely illegal.

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