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> deployed to polls in purple and blue states to "prevent non-citizens from voting" (i.e. to scare minorities away from polls) MOST states (purple, blue, red)
by andsoitis 10mo ago
> deployed to polls in purple and blue states to "prevent non-citizens from voting" (i.e. to scare minorities away from polls)
MOST states (purple, blue, red) have mail-in voting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_voting_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_voting_in_the_United_St...
- lokar 10mo agoFor now. The tyrant controls the post office.
- ceejayoz 10mo agoThey're working on that. Challenging the rules: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/supreme-court-revives-gop-congressmans-challenge-to-late-arriving-mail-ballot-law https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/supreme-court-revives-... Changing the rules at USPS: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/how-this-new-mail-rule-could-affect-your-ballot-your-tax-return-and-more https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/how-this-new-mail-rule-c... And I'd fully expect some fuckery via executive orders closer to the election, and SCOTUS to use the emergency docket to let them "temporarily" be enforced.
- buellerbueller 10mo agoIt is being restricted. My red state has gone from allowing mail-in ballots that were allowed if they were postmarked by election day, to requiring them to be in by election day. When the postmaster general is a Trump appointee, and the mail has slowed down over the last few years, it makes me wonder if this is deliberate.
- kgwxd 10mo agoThey're targeting that too. e.g. recent change to postmark dates.
- JayNitram 10mo agoCorrect, which the administration is also trying to remove.