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... "Our elections and our democracy are under attack as never before," state Rep. Matt Blumenthal, D-Stamford, said at a Tuesday news conference at the state capitol in Hartford.

"The Trump administration has already engaged in actions and rhetoric that seriously threaten the integrity of our elections and the right of every voter to cast their ballot freely, fairly and without fear," he said. ...

@#1 ... prevent federal immigration agents from being within 250 feet of polling places and banning guns from voting areas. ...

The former is a new thing here.

The latter has occurred in the past. Armed people openly displaying their firearms around polling places.