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Are we like still doing the constitution?

Non-stop Mr. Burns shenanigans from this guy. Where’s Maggie Simpson when you need her?

I'm not gonna lie here... as someone who lives in a country that requires photo ID when voting, I am more upset with the fact that you guys don't have a national ID of some kind that is issued for free to everyone regardless of whether they can drive or not. This is a preexisting vulnerability that he's exploiting.

EDIT: "In most cases, you will need either a driver’s license or a state ID to register to vote. If you do not have either of these, you may be able to provide other types of documentation, including a bank statement or utility bill. But the required documents you need to register vary by state. Check with your state’s election office to find out what documentation they accept."

I see some states may have made an attempt at it?

If I'm woefully uninformed, please disregard.

You literally already need to prove you are an eligible voter to register to vote.

Fine. I bypass Trump and order new guillotines. The French has made some seriously nice ones this year.

Proof of citizenship is already required to vote. That's what you're doing when you register to vote. Then, a secondary validation of a sample of ballots is typically completed to ensure that there isn't fraud.

Obviously, they're just trying anything and everything to not lose the midterms, and their voters go rabid over just the mention of voter fraud. I'm just rambling to the void because this new wave of fraud allegations is so fucking stupid and see through.

THE PRESIDENT IS NOT ALLOWED TO MAKE LAWS! THAT IS NOT HOW THIS WORKS!

God, the US is so beyond fucked.

I already know exactly how this is gonna happen... He's floating it now, he'll DO it in August, a Federal judge will stop it, the Supreme Court will let it stand pending appeal, and then they won't take up the case until December, by which point it won't MATTER what they rule.

Not only does the federal government have no authority over elections, the executive especially has no purview there.

That would be completely antithetical to the nature of democratic elections.

But these fascists don't like democracy.

Didn't he try this last year in March, they took him to court, he lost, and his administration didn't even bother to appeal it because they knew he was going to lose? Is this his dementia brain not remembering things?

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/preserving-and-protecting-the-integrity-of-american-elections/

I was just reading a story this morning, that the GOP is now looking to scuttle the SAVE act as functionally it’d require passports in most all states except a few.

Why are they trying to scuttle it? They finally saw the data that most people who own passports are actually left leaning in nature. Throughout the south, majority of republicans don’t have passports.

This law could inadvertently flip all of the Red strongholds in attempt to get swing states. Gotta love it.

These news stories are treating this like a real legal issue, but Trump's EOs have as much jurisdiction on voting procedures as they have in deciding what I'm going to have for dinner. It doesn't need a legal challenge because it doesn't apply to anyone who actually decides what IDs are required.

It should be reported, but as authoritarian ravings completely inconsistent with our voting systems rather than a looming legal clash where we need the Supreme Court to decide what's right.

After all this bullshit he still doesn't understand how any of this works does he?

He cannot “order new laws”. He doesn’t have that authority.

Unless we are in a fascist regime.

again. this is a way to legitamize congress having involvement in elections when its up to the states. If he gets away with it great for him. If not it looks like congress doing it is legitamate because him doing it illegally was stopped but states control their voting not the national governement. They have to be constitutional so the courts have some sway but not the legislative or the executive.

We saw during the Insurrection that he had several strategies going at once. When he finally called off the attack, we thought it was over, but he knew Plan B - the False Electors Plot - was still in play. This will be the same, they will have multiple strategies.

They are working on a Martial Law plan for before the election, they are working on a Voter ID plan, and possibly armed ICE Apes at polling places for during the election, and I've heard about them seizing ballots and voting machines from Democratic districts and doing a MAGA vote count, for after the election.

And they're probably working on other ideas, too.