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Joint Chiefs chair says military won’t be sent to polls in November

Gen. Dan Caine told Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) in a letter that there are no plans to send the military to polling places for November’s midterm elections, Caine wrote.

“Election administration and security remain the fundamental responsibility of state and local officials. The Joint Force has no plans to send Federal military…

Caine is the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Slotkin is a Democratic senator from Michigan.

The letter, as quoted, emphasized that election administration and security fall to state and local officials, and stated the Joint Force has no plans to deploy federal military personnel to polling sites for the midterms.

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Jon Ross Myers

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