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[–] Dogyote@slrpnk.net 11 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Here's what they actually ruled on from CNBC:

  • The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to move forward for now with key parts of President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting mail-in voting.
  • The unsigned order lifted a lower-court injunction covering 23 states and Washington, D.C. The court’s three liberal justices dissented.
  • A separate nationwide injunction still blocks the Postal Service from implementing its new mail-ballot procedures for the Nov. 3 elections.

You can still vote by mail according to that last bullet point

[–] chahn.chris@piefed.social 3 points 10 hours ago

This is key, also there still will be legal pushback after Aug 26 when the postal rule is published and states have the actual thing to argue against.

SCOTUS ruled this way because there wasn’t a rule to argue against yet, they shouldn’t have to rule on this at all mind you, states control elections per the constitution, but this isn’t a done deal.

[–] ryper@lemmy.ca 52 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

For now? Election day is a little over two months away, and they couldn't tell him "Maybe next time"?

[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 48 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Same party that argued Congress couldn't seat a justice a year before an election, now ready to upend an entire ballot system 2 months out. They'd have nothing without hypocrisy.

[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 24 points 14 hours ago

Whether something is too close to an election to change or not is entirely based on whether conservatives want it to happen.

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 1 points 11 hours ago

They know they're going down with him

[–] artyom@piefed.social 5 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

LOL you unlocked the article for us and they still won't let me read anything without giving them an email address. Fuck them.

[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

I've heard of this happening... if you know any working archive, I could try.

[–] HazardousBanjo@lemmy.world 28 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

I said before and I'll say again

DO

NOT

VOTE

BY

MAIL

ITS

RIGGED

If you live in a "by mail only" state, call your governor and district reps and demand they immediately set up in-person voting options for this election season.

SCOTUS JUST GREENLIT TRUMP'S COUP. THIS IS THE BIGGEST RED ALERT FOR OUR DEMOCRACY YET

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 40 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (3 children)

In mandatory vote by mail states, at least Oregon specifically, you will have to receive your ballot by mail but you can return it to physical drop boxes typically located in local government centers or libraries. My guess is ballot delivery will continue since they are sent presorted from each local county clerk office, but the return mailing where they end up at USPS processing centers will make them disappear real fast. If you get a ballot, RETURN IN PERSON.

I believe if you do not receive your ballot sheet in the mail, you can also request a new ballot direct from the county clerk's office.

[–] CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone 6 points 12 hours ago

Additionally, at least in WA, you can print your ballot at home and drop it in a drop box.

[–] HazardousBanjo@lemmy.world 11 points 14 hours ago

My guess is USPS is going to flatly refuse to deliver any ballots by mail.

Dems need to get off their asses, come up with an alternative and scream about it from the rooftops.

We've already seen that no matter how public something is, millions of leftists will remain unaware of it for months or years, like Epstein's ties to Israel and Israel's Epstein blackmail on Trump.

We knew about this long before the 2024 election, yet you still had millions of leftists held Trump by sitting out the election or help Trump by pissing away their votes on a 3rd party.

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 3 points 11 hours ago

The ballot box in front of our courthouse in Oregon has a cop sitting next to it 24/7. Try to find a drop box that's the least likely to be tampered with. Last time people dropped incindiary devices in some ballot boxes and those ballots were lost. Also, in Oregon at least, we can deliver them directly to our county clerk, that's also an option.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 5 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

What states are "by mail only"?

[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Vermont, and Washington

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 5 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

When I googled that was the list I got, but I know that California, at least, still has in-person voting too.

California has "universal mail-in voting", not "mail-only". Meaning every voter is eligible to vote by mail, not that in-person voting is unavailable.

[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Washington is similar in that you can vote in person but it’s still considered an all-mail voting state. Our voting centers wouldn’t be large enough to handle everyone voting in person. (Though hopefully we work to switch that up come midterms.)

I can’t speak to California, but I’d wager it still varies state to state a bit.

Washington is an all-mail voting state. Individuals who prefer to vote in person rather than by mail may do so at local voting centers, which are open for 18 days before the election. The voting period ends at 8:00 p.m. on Election Day. Contact your county elections department for more information on voting center locations and times.[

[–] ChaosSpectre@lemmy.zip 8 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

This will be very exciting news for the currently deployed military folks stranded at sea, I'm sure they will be very happy about this /s

[–] Wataba@sh.itjust.works 3 points 12 hours ago

Suckers and losers.

[–] arotrios@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago

Welcome to America, where the laws are made up and your vote doesn't matter..

[–] Corvidae@lemmy.world 14 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Boiled frog, how will the people react when MAGA takes away their democracy?

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 7 points 14 hours ago

They have been taking away what counts for democracy in the US

[–] MrTomS@lemmy.world 11 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

And who voted by mail just a week ago...

Do as I say, not as I do...