Mystery of feds at polling site solved with ‘most comical explanation possible’

The federal agents whose surprise appearance at a Tallahassee early voting site triggered an FBI complaint this week had a baffling excuse, officials now say, as they thought they could stop and vote on their way out of the state.Two U.S. Customs and Border Protection vehicles parked at the Bruce J. Host Northeast Branch Library, Leon County’s busiest early voting site, around 10:15 a.m. Monday, shortly after early voting began, according to a statement Friday from Leon County Supervisor of Elections Mark Earley. The vehicles stayed about 10 minutes, and their occupants did not appear to go inside, he said.Earley had lodged a formal complaint with the FBI. He noted that federal agencies had assured election officials there would be no federal presence at the polls, because it would violate federal law.CBP initially told the FBI it had no officially marked vehicles assigned to the area, according to Earley. The...