Protecting Voters from Intimidation
LWV Minnesota and CAIR Minnesota filed a federal lawsuit against Atlas Aegis, a private security firm which placed advertisements for hiring former special operations service members as armed guards to “protect” polling places, businesses, and residents from looting and destruction by “Antifa” elements. The plaintiffs asserted such actions constituted voter intimidation in violation of Section 11(b) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.