Michigan Man Files Lawsuit Challenging Ban On Open-Carry Firearms At Polling Sites

A Michigan man filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging the secretary of state’s ban on open-carry firearms from polling sites on election day.

Robert Davis, a labor activist and former Highland Park school board member, filed the lawsuit in the Michigan Court of Claims in Lansing, ABC News reported. Davis told ABC News that Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s firearm ban is “creating hysteria that simply is not there.”

“This secretary of state is driven by power,” Davis said according to the report. “It’s quite evident that this is the classic example of the most egregious government overreach that I’ve ever witnessed.” (RELATED: Michigan Rejects More Than 10,000 Absentee Ballots, Including Some From Voters Who Died)

Benson announced to local election officials last Friday that open-carry firearms could not be brought within 100 feet of polling places, clerk’s offices, and absent voter counting boards on Election Day. The Secretary of State said that the guidance is meant to “protect our voters from intimidation, threats, and harassment.”