As November midterm elections approach, a coalition of civil rights organizations and the city of Denver have turned to federal courts to settle a question that cuts to the heart of democratic participation: whether armed immigration agents belong anywhere near a polling place. Invoking a federal statute that has long prohibited the deployment of armed personnel at election sites, the plaintiffs argue that even the possibility of ICE presence is enough to silence voters before a single ballot is cast. The case arrives not in response to a confirmed government plan, but to an official ambiguity