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Trump promised Monday to work to end mail-in voting and said work is already underway on an executive order to ban it before the 2026 midterm elections, although the Constitution does not give him this power.

"We, as a Republican Party, are going to do everything possible that we get rid of mail-in ballots," he said during an Oval Office meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. "We're going to start with an executive order that's being written right now by the best lawyers in the country to end mail-in ballots."

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 20 points 9 months ago (4 children)

This is just an excuse to pressure weak liberal governments into caving to fascism.

Trump barks, then Gretchen Whitmer throws up her hands in surrender. And in another two years, it'll be those stupid disenfranchised voters who just didn't try hard enough who are to blame.

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Then us franchised voters need to stand up and help them

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world -1 points 9 months ago

"Just Vote Harder!"

:-/

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The left and conceding defeat before anything even happens. Name a more iconic duo.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world -2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

before anything even happens

:-/

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 9 months ago

Bro you just invented an entirely made up scenario just so you could shit on democrats.

It's like being mad at your spouse because they cheated on you in a dream.

[–] IamSparticles@lemmy.zip 2 points 9 months ago

Fuck that noise. WA has been 100% mail in ballots for over a decade. We aren't about to bin our entire election system and build a completely new infrastructure because Trump is trying to overreach his authority. Will. Not. Happen.

[–] MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Who was to blame for getting us in this situation in the first place?