we have mary mccord, of course, working to arm all of us with the best tool, the facts. s. >> so a couple of my rough neck buddies and i are going to go watch people like you vote, try to get as close to you as we can in the booth. is that legal? >> it depends on what you mean by rough neck buddies. vote r intimidation is illegal and under federal law. and armed vigilante militia activity is illegal in all 50 states. >> you are not allowed to go in and watch people vote, right? >> there are poll watch ers who are allowed can -- >> official poll watchers. >> right. not watch people cast their ballots but watch the voting process. right, to make sure that things are >> right, but you can't self-appoint yourself to that? >> no, no. every state has different laws that apply to that. in some cases only certain people can be poll watchers. sometimes they're called election observers. it's different state to state. but it requires some sort of registration with the state or some sort of recording of your presence there under authority of the election officials. it's not just any

we have mary mccord, okay, working to arm all of us with the best tool, the facts. ining us. >> my pleasure, chris. so a couple of my rough neck buddies and i are going to watch people like you vote, try and get as close to you in the booth. is that legal? >> it depends on what you mean by roughneck buddies but voter intimidation or interference with the vote is illegal in all 50 states and it's illegal under federal law. then of course armed vigilante, militia activity is also illegal in all 50 states. >> but you are not allowed to go in and watch people vote, right? >> there are poll watchers who are allowed to -- >> right, official poll watchers. >> right. not watch people cast their ballots. >> right. >> but just watch the voting process, right, to make sure that things are being done in accordance with law. >> right. but you can't just self-appoint yourself to that. >> no. no, no. every state has different laws that apply to that. in some cases, only certainly people can be poll watchers. sometimes they're it's different, state to state. but it requires some sor

does the constitution say in demonstrators to shed light on that topic, we are pleased to have mary mccord, legal director of the institute for constitutional advocacy and part action and visiting professor of law, previously mary was acting assistant attorney general for the nestle security department of justice, but the national security division and worked with the u.s. attorney's office for the district of columbia. mary, thanks for joining us and over to you. >> thank you so much for having me. to all my fellow panelists. no our focus here is on the day after. but in light of vivian's comments and will be heard i think it's worth talking also about the prospect of armed groups intimidating voters at the polls. here the president the other night was unwilling to denounce the possibility of civil unrest following the election. he was urging his supporters to go to the polls to pull watch. and he was of course reaching out to the proud boys to stand by. this is a dog whistle for far right armed groups. outside of governmental authority that shown themselves historically in this last year

to shed light on that topic we are pleased to have mary mccord, legal director at the institute for constitutional advocacy and protection and is a professor of law at georgetown university law center, previously mary was acting assistant attorney general for national security department of justice, principal deputy assistant attorney general for the national security division, and was with the u.s. attorney's office for the district of columbia. mary, , thanks for joining us, d over to you. >> thank you so much for having me, aspen, and to my fellow panelists. i know our focus here is on the day after, but in light of comments and a light of what we all heard on tuesday night during the presidential debate, i think it's worth talking also a little bit about the prospect of armed groups intimidating voters at the polls. the president of the other night was unwilling to denounce the possibility of civil unrest following the election. he was urging his supporters to go to the polls to poll watch, and he was of course region out to the proud boys to standby. this is really a dog whistle for far right