The Texas Army National Guard announced that it would send up to 1,000 troops to five cities across the state to support local officials ahead of Election Day, which is next Tuesday, but one official said they’re not being sent to polling places.
Retired Maj. Gen. James K. “Red” Brown, chief of staff to the Texas Army Guard’s commander, told the San Antonio Express-News that the activation of the Texas Guard was for “postelection” support for local law enforcement “as we did previously to deter any civil disturbance at sites in various cities within Texas.” The Guard could be deployed as early as this weekend.
