White House says Trump to sign executive order limiting mail-in voting

Trump doesn't know how anything works so this tracks.

I am not a constitutional lawyer, but this seemed to be pretty clearly stated in Article 1, section 4: "The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof..." ... but with *this* Supreme Court? Who knows.

All he needs is to give a pretense for the USPS to "lose" the votes from blue areas.

Its a work around. The federal government doesn't control the administration of elections but mail voting has to go through a federal apparatus is the USPS. Trump is ordering the post office not deliver mail in ballots to any persons who dont appear on approved list complied by DHS. This means that if they engage in curation of the approved list they can ensure the people they don't want can't vote. Even then they can skew things by saying it took so long to process the whole batch to "get it right" that by the time they arrive its limiting how many will get back in time. The especially scary thing is tgat there are two court cases that would aid Trumps plan here. First is the one earlier in the year that citizens have no legal recourse to the USPS intentionally refusing to send or deliver their mail. Second is the up coming ruling on if ballots post marked ahead of election day have to be counted if arriving late that is expected to go the way of "No they dont."

It is if the states comply.

Excuse to seize ballots. We need to guard our ballot boxes this year. I hope we can organize protection for our ballot boxes so votes can be counted before they are seized by the feds/military/ICE.

The only assholes that would follow this are red states. Seems like it will shit themselves in the feets.

Says who? Laws only matter if they’re enforced.

Unless stopped by state officials, it CAN be how it works, just like every other illegal action he’s taken: he knows republican controlled states will rubber stamp any orders from Trump, and that still puts his finger on the scale.

"Because I'm the president"

And Barron and Melania

My sweet friend. They do not give a f*** about hypocrisy. You’re shouting at clouds.

The red states will blindly follow and the blue state wont. This will lead to trump refusing funding for the blue states for anything he feels like because they refuse to follow.

If you read the article, it states its a directive for delivery of mail in ballots by the usps.  Directing them to not deliver unless the recipient is listed in their database.

It’s easy: 1. Blue states ignore it, allow mail in voting. 2. Trump declares blue state results invalid. 3. Throw it to the courts where the Supreme Court will rule in his favor 4. King Trump reigns as supreme leader

Postal service isn't. If he commands the postal service to co fiscate anyail.in ballots, then what? And if he tells them to only do it in swing states and districts, what then?

really need to. Also overturn every action and order that he makes, also erase his name from any government buildings.

Oh man seriously. Let him sue Now in reality if he died in prison I’m sure his kin sue for billions and billions. Maybe even a trillion?

I just signed an executive order that Trump can eat as much fast food as he wants injected with extra cholesterol for national security reasons. You're it, no tag backsies.

Please don’t let that sack of shht eat healthy. Got to let him have two ice cream scoops when everyone else is just allowed one.

I'd love to see some analysis on who will be impacted by these policies. It feels like the proposed policies disproportionately disadvantage *his* base. Conservative women are more likely to change their names when they marry. They are also less likely to have a passport. Older adults with poorer health are more likely to vote by mail. Am I missing something? Or are these voter suppression efforts going to be more harmful to conservatives?

As much as I want to believe you I’ve heard this about every November and it hasn’t happened in years

Because stephen miller and the heritage foundation convinced him that he, as the leader of the executive branch, has plenary authority. And can do anything he wants, unchallenged. They are wrong.

Yes. Because unless he is stopped - which to follow the correct processes is slow, methodical, tedious, he does keep getting away with it. So, until we get a Congress that will actually assert itself he does get to.

Because Congress is too busy cashing in on the grift or worrying about their future to do anything.

Because he's jealous of the power that dictators have. That's why he admires authoritarians. That's why he has military parades like North Korea. That's why he's making the White House look like a Grand Palace like in Russia. It's why he feels he can invade countries like Putin, without having to ask Congress. It's why he can have his name on the currency, or put his name everywhere, or dictate how everything is run. He's jealous of the fact that Putin and Kim Jong Un can silence critics and opponents with no pushback or repercussions. Trump wants to be a dictator in the worst way as the ultimate exercise of power. The rule of law and our constitution is the only thing that's holding him back from doing so.

Unitary Executive Theory. An “interpretation” of the Constitution that’s essential to Project 2025.

Rules for thee, not for me

Does anyone need to sue? Seems like the bootlicker governors will follow it and everyone else will just ignore it. If a lawsuit comes it would be from the doj and lose in the lower courts. Not sure they would have enough time to sue before elections since they would have no cause to until after the elections

Read the article. He's ordering federally run post offices to block anyone not in the approved "list", from receiving a ballot. 

Yeah, but the post office is federally ran. Additionally they just made changes to how post dates work so that it isn't dated for the day you sent it.

Then we’ll just have to go with the w***** while he fights it in court, just like the last time he lost.

Exactly what I thought when I read it. Democrats don't get mail-in ballots, Republicans do. How much more obvious can it be?

I imagine to cross reference the mail-in vote with a registered voter. But the next paragraph says its to make sure ballots are only sent to registered voters.

The postal service is then ordered not to deliver the ballots of anyone not on that list. States can't count them if the postal service doesn't deliver them.

Means he's not actually stopping mailin voting because he wouldn't get away with it. Also means some states won't comply with sending voter data to trump admin. He's thwarted again.

Not if the post office refuses to deliver the ballot because it’s not on Trumps list of approved Republican voters.

Congress does not certify midterm elections.