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Imaginary-Ad-7919 Mar 23, 2026 +131

When the Supreme Court moves to limit mail in ballots right before an election, it stops feeling like a ruling and starts feeling like someone tightening the rules mid game.

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XSinTrick6666 Mar 23, 2026 +27

i.e. legislating (and abridging States Rights) from the bench … i.e. more pre-election bribed-judge cheating

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AceSidewinder13 Mar 23, 2026 +17

Yup. It's funny how they use the Purcell doctrine to stop the case against the Texas gerrymandered maps (too close to an election). But this one they'll rule on. Interesting how that works huh?

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IMissNarwhalBacon Mar 23, 2026 +27

This is post game. Keep up.

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PhoenixTineldyer Mar 23, 2026 +156

They all need to be removed from their posts. Lifetime appointments are f****** insane.

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Bill-Billiard Mar 23, 2026 +68

Guess who votes by mail? The military :) guess who else votes by mail? Lots of old people :) Guess what those two voter bases have in common? They vote red.

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PhoenixTineldyer Mar 23, 2026 +85

Guess who else votes by mail? The entire state of Colorado SCOTUS can f*** off

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Necessary-Analyst156 Mar 23, 2026 +46

And Oregon

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hardtobeuniqueuser Mar 23, 2026 +30

And Washington

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Majestic_Electric Mar 23, 2026 +21

And WA. And the majority of CA, Utah, and AZ voters vote-by-mail, too.

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Bill-Billiard Mar 23, 2026 +8

Yeah that’s true - didn’t think of that one

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yesyesitswayexpired Mar 23, 2026 +3

Colorado doesn't allow in-person voting?

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smiama36 Mar 23, 2026 +3

Yes, you can vote in person if you choose.

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yesyesitswayexpired Mar 23, 2026 +1

Nice

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babymomawerk Mar 23, 2026 +15

I would find comfort in this but it seems like their push to have people vote in person has me questioning if the voting machines have been compromised. I hate that i am thinking like a MAGA circa 2020 but why else would they care so much about vote by mail when it clearly would have a negative impact on them?

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Bill-Billiard Mar 23, 2026 +16

They clearly have compromised the voting machines. We have nearly conclusive statistical evidence that the voting machines in Florida were compromised in the 2024 election as they used a “ghost county” to hold a bunch of votes (a county that doesn’t exist). I hear a lot of “he’s going to cancel the elections” when it’s much more likely that they compromise the voting machines and muddy the waters and claim voter fraud without being able to substantiate their claims (again).

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WanderingMystic2 Mar 23, 2026 +3

No need to cancel the elections. When you are the one in charge of counting the boats, it’s easy to know what the result is going to be. And yes, the machines cannot be trusted.

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WunupKid Mar 24, 2026 +1

You’re overthinking it. We’re going into a midterm that looks like it’ll be a bloodbath for the GOP. They’re just doing everything they can to make voting difficult.

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DiskSalt4643 Mar 23, 2026 +5

You know there will be rules for thee but not for me. The chaos abt which votes will and will not count will be yet another op for the losing side to declare victory and hope they can hold reality in abeyance long enough to keep control.

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Greencheek16 Mar 23, 2026 +3

Lots of young people do too because they can't get off work and the lines at polls are way too long. It's one of the most popular voting methods. And why they're going after it. Edit: also keep in mind they don't want red votes either. Cause then they'd have to appeal to their base still. They don't want to appeal to anyway. They want a government that allows them to do anything at all, no repercussions. High gas prices don't matter when not even maga turning on them means they'd lose power.

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imaveryniceKaren Mar 23, 2026 +2

And all the Trumps vote by mail

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RichardSaunders Mar 23, 2026 +1

also the entirety of democrats abroad. they don't typically vote red.

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1000_Faces Mar 23, 2026 +1

Not gonna hurt the military. They will make sure military ballots make it in on time, unless of course that ballot votes blue. It will hurt older people

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milycorson Mar 24, 2026 +1

And citizens like me who live abroad. Who also are required to file and pay US taxes (when earning over a certain amount), even though working in and paying taxes in another country.

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colbyjackgoblin Mar 23, 2026 +2

My answer doesn't vibe with reddits rules. I agree.

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PleasantWay7 Mar 23, 2026 +31

If it is supposed to be “election day” like Alito wants, why is early voting allowed? I’m not advocating to ban it, but he could at least be consistent in his position. The current rules are a good balance, no one is voting after election day.

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SummerSun75 Mar 23, 2026 +38

Alito is totally consistent. Whatever ruling will benefit Republikans, the far-right, MAGA, then that's how he'll vote. Truly, he is one of the most toxic Pieces of Shit we've ever seen on the Supreme Court.

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JojenCopyPaste Mar 23, 2026 +11

And remember he's "originalist" which means if the constitution doesn't agree with his political opinion then one of the founding fathers must've agreed with him and he was right all along.

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CrimsonHeretic Mar 24, 2026 +1

A Republican being consistent in their position?

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Nosleep_Coffee789 Mar 23, 2026 +17

The SCOTUS also recently ruled that the USPS could withhold mail for any reason, including political, and that there was nothing anyone could do about it...

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sonny9636 Mar 23, 2026 +3

That’s their play to steal this election.

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Perniciosius Mar 23, 2026 +22

A vote mailed by Election Day should be counted, just like a tax return mailed by the deadline is considered timely. But of course, Trump, for all his blathering and 60+ lawsuits screeching about massive voter fraud, has yet to produce anything resembling actual evidence. At this point, his voter fraud cases should be thrown out of court for the frivolous, process-abusing time-wasters they so clearly are.

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IMissNarwhalBacon Mar 23, 2026 +12

Remember, when you drop off your mail doesn't mean that it was sent that day. New usps rules say that postmarks may come days after they receive mail. So both taxes and ballots need to be dropped off about a week early. This is so that they can hold ballots and date them past the election day in purple zip codes.

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neopolitan-wheem Mar 23, 2026 +2

>As before, a customer can ensure that a postmark is applied to his or her mailpiece, and that the date on the postmark matches the date of mailing, by visiting a Postal Service retail location and requesting a manual (local) postmark at the retail counter when tendering their mailpiece. Manual postmarks will be applied free of charge.

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woahmanthatscool Mar 24, 2026 +1

It doesn’t even make sense why late wouldn’t count. Who f****** cares, if you are an eligible voter your shit should count as long as they are still tallying

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Jesse-359 Mar 23, 2026 +18

Probably going to hurt the GOP more than it helps in this case. The incentive for the opposition to turn out to vote in droves is incredibly strong this cycle, while the GOP will likely end up relying on lower motivation mail in voters to help make up their weak position.

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PlsSuckMyToes Mar 23, 2026 +5

Yeah, any successful attempt to make voting harder is only going to disproportionately effect the group already less likely to win

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cynicallow Mar 24, 2026 +1

They are not smart. They are cunning, vicious, thuggish. Just because they can smash their enemies does not mean they can think ahead or about the various consequences of their actions.

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CelticSith Mar 23, 2026 +8

Roberts: “why don’t people like us”

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Heavy_Ad2454 Mar 23, 2026 +7

And people are still coping that we somehow will have a free and fair election. It will be even worse when Trump runs again. But sure go ahead and believe it's illegal. It will happen.

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JDVances_Couch Mar 23, 2026 +8

Stolen court needs to be ignored and dismantled.

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thismadhatter Mar 23, 2026 +13

I have a feeling they will still lose the midterms despite the manipulating and shenanigans. It's going to be THAT big of a turn around of people voting democrats over GOP.

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SoTiredYouDig Mar 23, 2026 +2

Same

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CrocodylusRex Mar 24, 2026 +1

Republicans: stuff ballots, still lose 80-60

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BigHungryFlamingo Mar 23, 2026 +5

This SCOTUS needs to be completely invalidated and flushed. All 9 of them. Restart completely fresh.

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larryzzzzz Mar 23, 2026 +3

Mail-in ballots are harder to deal with and erase if you are attempting to digitally alter an election.

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Eddfan36 Mar 23, 2026 +3

Trying to cheat for Mr cheater himself.

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XSinTrick6666 Mar 23, 2026 +5

Blue Tsunami cannot be stopped. These judges better find some high ground. We’re definitely coming for them...

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reddittorbrigade Mar 23, 2026 +2

Rigging the election has started. Corrupt and evil SC Justices will make sure GOP get the numbers.

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lickem369 Mar 23, 2026 +2

If they said I had to amputate an arm to vote in November I would do it to vote against these disgusting pedophile protecting parasites we call Republicans!

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ElectronicFerret Mar 23, 2026 +2

Well that oughta make things interesting in our state.

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d35truKt0r Mar 23, 2026 +3

Since rulings mean absolutely nothing anymore, states should just disregard this bullshit and keep whatever was previously decided at the state level. Because state's rights, right?

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cmdr_suds Mar 23, 2026 +2

It works for the IRS. Why not for voting. It's a fixed date. You made your decision by the election day. You can't change it or control how long the USPS (a congressionally created federal department) once they have it. The argument that it MIGHT take too long to deliver the ballot is because they can't be trusted, is ridiculous.

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NoSwimmers45 Mar 23, 2026 +2

That is if the USPS delivers your tax return/ballot. Recently the Trump lapdog has made it policy that mail doesn’t have to be postmarked the day it’s received or even ever delivered.

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toney8580 Mar 23, 2026 +1

I listened to arguments today and from what I was able to pay attention to I gathered they were likely to rule against. A lot to do with postage date and when it reachers the registrars. But hell idk

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papillon208 Mar 23, 2026 +1

Our stationed military members in Iran won’t get to vote.

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Acadia02 Mar 23, 2026 +1

I get more and more inclined on packing the Supreme Court every day.

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degeneratelunatic Mar 23, 2026 +1

I mean the end goal of the uneasy marriage between the Dominionists and the Nerd Reich is to balkanize the United States. They've said as much in so many ways. But do we really need to slow walk it there by waiting around for an illegitimate kangaroo court to violate their own standards faster than they can lower them? Might as well rip the band-aid off already. It's no longer institutional rot at this point. It's institutional gangrene.

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phxbimmer Mar 24, 2026 +1

If mail-in voting gets struck down then every worker needs to treat Election Day as a strike and just walk out of work and to the ballot, regardless of how long it takes.

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jmarinara Mar 24, 2026 +1

States should ignore the ruling either way. The federal government has no business in how states conduct voting. Each state can choose the manner by which they elect who represents them, so long as they don’t violate anyone’s right to participate.

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Additional_Quiet2600 Mar 24, 2026 +1

What are the states where mail in ballots are the norm going to do? If this happens it's going to destroy the US voting system, and that's by design.

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Key-Incident6020 Mar 24, 2026 +1

Can’t we remove them by issuing they committed treason as that action goes against a free and just democratic country? If not, we should highly consider France 1789. Get a whole new government. Our current government is not for the people…it’s for the pedophiles.

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Mike_Pences_Mother Mar 23, 2026 -6

That is not really a valid headline. They are "poised" to allow mail in ballots that arrive late to not be counted. That is not the same. And, it means that people who use them are going to have to mail them in extremely early or show up if they can so they know they're vote got counted.

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idkbruh653 Mar 23, 2026 +15

Yea then the headline lines up. Them not counting late arriving mail in ballots means they’re limiting the ballots.

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Mike_Pences_Mother Mar 23, 2026 -15

They are not though. They are saying get them in on time.

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stinkbuttsupreme Mar 23, 2026 +11

Which is a limit.

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Anteater4746 Mar 23, 2026 +10

that’s incorrect. alito is arguing that ballots that ARE POSTMARKED on time should not be counted later for some reason despite their literally being a postmark saying it was on time

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Mike_Pences_Mother Mar 23, 2026 -8

I'm not saying I agree with them but it sounds like they are poised to say - it has to arrive by election day. So, if they do that, people are going to need to make sure they get it out in plenty of time or they vote in person if they can.

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forthewatch39 Mar 23, 2026 +10

Stop making excuses when you know darn well the post office will purposely slow the mail in certain areas and states will close multiple polling stations.

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Mike_Pences_Mother Mar 23, 2026 -3

I'm not saying that's not possible. And I'm not saying I agree with the SCOTUS. I'm saying if they do this, go stand in line.

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forthewatch39 Mar 23, 2026 +4

Sounds a bit ableist as well as not caring about those who can’t afford a day off from work or can travel to a polling site that may not be anywhere near them. A minor inconvenience for some can be incredibly inconvenient for others.

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Mike_Pences_Mother Mar 23, 2026

I understand that. I have a job too. Unfortunately, this is the world we live in. If they make this decision we are all going to have to deal with it.

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forthewatch39 Mar 23, 2026 +4

The way to deal with it isn’t to acquiesce as they strip more and more of our rights away. We go along with this, they’ll just keep going further and further until there is nothing and even then they will demand more capitulation. I have no idea how to stop it, but I know the answer can’t be to bow down to all of their rulings.

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Anteater4746 Mar 23, 2026 +6

you’re highlighting exactly why scotus should side against the gop here the voter DID have it on time. they have a postmark saying so! you’re disenfranchising their right to vote cause the govt, possibly with malicious intention, delays the mail

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Mike_Pences_Mother Mar 23, 2026 -1

I'm not. I disagree with you. But unfortunately, we don't have the power.

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Jesse-359 Mar 23, 2026 +6

That gives the postmaster for a district the power to intentionally delay delivering mail to the election sites, particularly if that mail is postmarked as originating from a blue or purple area of the district. A single corrupt postmaster could cause hundreds or even thousands of legitimate ballots to be discarded simply by delaying their delivery. And that *wouldn't even be illegal*. The USPS is under no *legal requirement* to deliver your mail in a timely manner, and are in fact usually shielded from liability for late deliveries. So this ruling would literally give a partisan postmaster the power to wipe out hundreds or thousands of ballots, entirely at their own discretion.

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Mike_Pences_Mother Mar 23, 2026 +1

But do they know whose they are doing that to?

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Jesse-359 Mar 23, 2026 +4

Yes, they absolutely do. In the leadup to the 2010 elections the GOP built a sophisticated system for tracking voting behaviors down to the granularity of a given street - it is how they are now able to gerrymander voting districts so precisely, by statistically determining the partisan leaning of every street or block in the state. The Dems have since been forced to play catch-up and generate their own similar data sets. So *yes*, a postmaster working in tandem with a local state party will have access to extremely detailed maps of which areas of their district will be voting more heavily red or blue, and can 'manage' the mail delivery schedules from those areas as they see fit in the lead up to election day.

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Zealousideal_Rise879 Mar 23, 2026 +6

Wasn’t there a thing recently where you couldn’t sue the post office for purposely holding onto mail. Cause it’s sounding like all ballots can just be considered “late”

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Mike_Pences_Mother Mar 23, 2026

Maybe. Like I said, if you can vote in person rather than use a mail in ballot, I absolutely would

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