Alarm bells ring at 'troubling' National Guard placement at DC drop boxes as voting begins

Washington, D.C. election officials asked the National Guard to keep troops away from ballot drop boxes after residents complained about soldiers posted beside one just before voting began.The D.C. Board of Elections said Friday that it had received complaints about Guard members posted near a drop box next to the Foggy Bottom-GWU Metro station. The city’s 55 drop boxes opened Friday morning and will accept...