Remove the 'armed enemies exception' from the statute governing deployments near polling places.

April McClain Delaney · Maryland · Democratic

policy impact 3.00 specificity 1.00 extraction confidence 97%

Occurrences

This legislation would: Remove the 'armed enemies exception' from existing statute.

The bill would repeal the statutory exception that permits deployments to repel armed enemies of the United States.

Democracy Without Intimidation Act: New Bill Would Strengthen Ban on Troops and Federal Law Enforcement Officers at Election Polling Places | Congresswoman April McClain Delaney
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Evidence

Rep. April McClain Delaney introduced the Democracy Without Intimidation Act. Her office said the legislation would "Remove the 'armed enemies exception' from existing statute" and strengthen the ban on federal law enforcement and troops at polling places during federal elections.

McClain Delaney took concrete legislative action in the 119th Congress by introducing a bill aimed at removing the armed-enemies exception, but the release describes a proposed bill, not an enacted statutory change.

partial same_term A for effort

The current text of 18 U.S.C. § 592 still bars ordering or keeping troops or armed men at election places "unless such force be necessary to repel armed enemies of the United States."

The statutory exception the promise targeted remained in the current U.S. Code text, so the promised removal had not been delivered as an enacted change by the assessment date.

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18 U.S. Code § 592 - Troops at polls
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McClain Delaney's official House biography says she was elected in 2024 to represent Maryland's Sixth Congressional District.

This establishes the relevant federal service window: the action was taken during her first House term after the 2024 election.

unresolved same_term

About | Congresswoman April McClain Delaney
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Assessments

never same_term A for effort

McClain Delaney introduced the Democracy Without Intimidation Act in her first House term, and the bill expressly targeted removal of the armed-enemies exception from the troops-at-polls statute. However, the evidence shows this was proposed legislation, not an enacted statutory amendment, and current 18 U.S.C. § 592 still contains the exception. Because she made a serious legislative attempt but the promised statutory change has not been delivered, this is a failed promise with effort credit.

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