'No plans' to deploy troops to midterm elections polling sites, top US general says
Gen. Dan Caine said the Joint Force has no plans to use federal troops or federalized National Guard members to seize ballots or voting machines.
- On Monday, Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, confirmed the Joint Force has no plans to send Federal military personnel or Federalized members of the National Guard to polling places during November's 2026 midterm elections.
- Michigan Democratic Sen. Elissa Slotkin requested the confirmation amid anxiety that the Trump administration could use the military to interfere in elections, citing the president's past deployment of federal agents against the wishes of local leaders.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has not replied to Slotkin's request, which was due last Thursday; Federal law prohibits deploying armed federal forces to election locations unless necessary to repel armed enemies of the United States.
- During an April congressional hearing, Hegseth dismissed questions about seizing ballots as a "gotcha hypothetical," though he stated, "I've never been ordered to do anything illegal, and I won't."
- In 2020, Gen. Mark Milley affirmed the military's apolitical nature, stating courts and Congress must resolve election disputes, while White House chief of staff Susie Wiles denied that President Donald Trump would use the military to suppress voting.
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U.S. military’s top officer rules out troops at polls in November
Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, confirmed in writing that the U.S. military has no plans to send federal troops or federalized National Guard members to polling places during the November 2026 midterm elections, the Associated Press reported. The confirmation came in a letter to Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Michigan, a member […]
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