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I know in CA it is a violation of election law for an armed law enforcement officer to enter a vote center unless they are responding to an incident or there to vote.

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And what are the consequences if they do it anyway?

Whose gonna call the cops on the cops?

are the cops gonna do anything? just start a mini civil war in someone’s garage?

aka "who watches the watchmen?"

Exactly

Different cops. We had sheriff’s deputies out for some other issue, my impression was they took the law pretty seriously. They may not arrest them on the spot, but I think they would get ID and tell them to leave, and later file a report.

Unfortunately due to chain of command, your good sheriffs deputies will be prevented from carrying out justice.

How so? If some ICE agents show up the sheriff and state police can certainly deal with them.

Like they did in Minneapolis? No, federal officers will always “out law” your local law enforcement.

This situation there was very different

That, in my opinion, is the question of the era for the USA. We were taught that the rule of law prevailed and there are "checks and balances" but it seems like there is no prescibed way to enforce the rules inside the system.

USA is trending towards right is might.

These days, I would guess a "tsk-tsk" is said to them.

The States need to grow a pair and start arresting these agents who break the law.

“Grow a pair” presumes the state isn’t actively achieving its goals through these actions.

It’s a big club, and we ain’t in it.

> what are the consequences if they do it anyway?

State AGs seem to have collectively shrugged. But theoretically, a state charging a federal officer with unlawful conduct is precedented.

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