Republican nominee for Maine governor supports ICE presence at midterm polls

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Bobby Charles, the Republican nominee for Maine governor, is coming under fire from Democrats after the candidate revealed he would personally ask White House border czar Tom Homan to dispatch federal officers to the state’s polling locations for the midterm elections.

Speaking at an Aug. 20 meeting with Maine Young Republicans in Arundel, Charles indicated he would leverage his friendship with Homan to get Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the U.S. Marshals Service to have a presence at the polls on Election Day.

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