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He tried this last year, they took him to court, he lost, he didn't appeal. Dementia hitting him hard.
Remember when treason was punishable by death?
Sounds like something a rapist would say.
A pedophile rapist, who's victim is 'later found dead'.
victims*
A pedophile rapist
Also a nepophile rapist and a rapist of teens and woman.
The one that the majority of americans either voted for, or allowed into office by consequence of inaction? That rapist pedophile? Guess they all got what they wanted, then. Lofl
We honestly don't know that that happened.
Kids of MAGA parents out there, remember to take your parent's ID the day before election day.
Schadenfreude of the mysterious missing wallet
Shut the fuck up pedophile.
Should be how every reporter respinds to his quips.
Trump doesn't get to say shit about how the states run their elections. Even if he "Hereby Do Dee-clares" it. /s
I don't even understand the rhetoric on both sides here. If he puts out an EO about elections? Tough titties. Zero legal force. No court case or nothing needed. The federal executive does not have authority over state matters, full stop, end of, simpoo avv, innit, an'all, est fin, etc.
It would be like me issuing a declaration that everyone must suck my dick.
If he puts out an EO about elections? Tough titties. Zero legal force.
Him putting out an executive order to do so is all ~~I.C.E.~~ MAGA needs to justify lynchings.
Guess there will be some counter lynching then. I seen someone trying to intimidate voters outside, I'm going to shoot them, and walk over their corpse to vote.
So, you'd expect to do that with ICE is there in full tactical with bankup?
Lynch who? Voters?
Anyone he says.
For states that have had all-mail-in voting for decades now, like Oregon and Washington, this is basically wholesale disenfranchisement of the whole state.
We'll just count the ballots as is. He can't enforce anything.
Ah, I can see it now.
Settle down Cassandra.
Yeah! And look at this nice horsey they brought us!!
“If we can’t get it through Congress, there are Legal reasons why this SCAM is not permitted. I will be presenting them shortly, in the form of an Executive Order”
I'm speechless.
“The constitution is clear on this. There are a lot of things where it’s ambiguous, but it doesn’t give unilateral regulatory authority for election to the president,” Persily said.
To append to my other comment:
He has even less authority over midterms than he does over the presidential election. Which is to say none, but even indirectly, far less.
Even if there was a question of negation on state votes for congresspeople, it would not be, in any way shape or form, the executive's prerogative. It would be each house of Congress itself. It's like parliament vs the monarch.
We're gonna need a lot of folk from the communuty watching theirs and their neighbor's polling locations just like any other fledgling/failing democracy
Here's a search that'll hopefully help you find where to volunteer for your local elections if you have the time. There might be a general strike that day so hooefully you can get the day off, or atleast leave work early. If you can't afford the time, maybe encourage a cool older relative. But only if they never ratted you out to your parents.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=how+to+volunteer+at+your+poll&t=fpas&ia=web
How to organize a rapid response from a very high level with further detailed resources. https://southerncoalition.org/resources/rapid-response-101/
Good general advice on organizing, also a good resource to find groups near you that are likely aligned. https://www.fiftyfifty.one/organizer-resources
Republicans keep pushing for voter ID, but it’s not even clear that it would disproportionately help the GOP anymore. Maybe in the past it did, because people who live in cities with public transportation are less likely to have drivers’ licenses. But the political realignment of the past decade has sorted mostly by education, with low educational attainment going very disproportionately Republican. So now they have the lion’s share of people who can’t get their shit together. Requiring ID for voting (or adding any additional hurdles) will possibly filter out more of their dummies than it does our urbanites.
because people who live in cities with public transportation are less likely to have drivers’ licenses.
He's not even talking about using driver license because anyone can get one of those. No, he's talking about proof of citizenship, which will disenfranchise wwwwaaaaayyyyy more people.
Do you know where your birth certificate is? No? Good luck.
Does your current name via marriage match what's on the certificate? No. Get fucked ma'am. We need more ~~future wage slaves~~ babies anyway.
Don't have a passport? Sorry, but you're disenfranchised!
Oh? You have everything squared away? Right this way Mr. Rich-man! You're just the person we want to vote since you'll probably vote for us.
Yes, requiring a birth certificate is even more onerous. Again, it’s not clear that this will help Republicans (assuming it ever makes into law). Of course some rich people still vote Republican, but I’m willing to bet that a higher percentage of the population that knows where their birth certificate is votes for Democrats now. Same thing for people who floss regularly, remember their parents’ birthdays, or know how to read a scatter plot.
I think the issue is you assume it will be enforced universally. It won't. It will be dependent on the makeup of the district and the color of the individual voter. It will be up to individuals at polling stations (and any ICE present) whether 'exceptions' can be made for people that are 'obviously citizens but forgot their ID'. Or whether a married woman's name mismatch is an issue or not based on her skin/hair color and way of speaking. It's going to be selectively enforced, by design
Edit - see poll tests
That would be clearly illegal. The courts have have to go along with it, in which case we have bigger problems
This seems to matter less every week.
Right, but a birth certificate is just words on a paper. Republicans will say that is an insufficient link to the person holding it.
There aren’t enough people willing to go along with what would be required to bring this to fruition. Trump doesn’t get to decide who is allowed to vote.
If this stupid asshole fucks up our awesome voting system (mail-in, thank you very fucking much) in Colorado, he's going to be even more hated than he is already.
He’ll get what he wants, too.
They got two choices; peaceful shutdown or slow, painful collapse.
🤔 I see more choices, e.g. violent painful shutdown.