The states run their elections, the president has no say in this.
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Somehow I don't think he cares.
Some of the red state governors will probably roll over. I hope all the other states tell him to shove it.
He's banking on that, so he can have Congress throw out the votes from those states because "they didn't follow the rules"
Mail in ballots still lean Republican many places, I understand. In Texas, for example, mostly older people use mail in ballots, and that group trends more Republican than Texas voters at large
They're not going to fuck up and ban their own votes. They'll come up with some criteria for exclusions that keep the places and demographics they count on and spin it as pursuing some other principle than naked partisanship.
"Some"?
Found the optimist!
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.
I voted by mail in 2020. It was super easy and convenient - which is why republicans hate it.
It directly counters many of their favorite voter suppression tactics.
Like ICE and national guard at every ballot box ti intimidate anyone who isn't lilly white? And maybe a few of those if they look LGBTQ+ or a bit liberal.
How about go fuck yourself you orange sack of shit.
I'm worried that might create a second one. Can he fuck off and die, instead? I've been waiting for the McDonald's to do its job already.
I would wish him to choke on a big mac, but thats against the TOS. Rules and all...
It’s because his bestie Putin told him to
After the two met Friday, the president told Fox News' Sean Hannity that "Vladimir Putin, smart guy, said, 'You can't have an honest election, election with mail-in voting.'
How brain dead can Fox watchers really be? How can you listen to this - literally everything about that blurb is bizarro-world upside-down retarded.
You know where mail in voting is allowed? Russia.
I don’t think you are correct. https://apnews.com/article/russia-presidential-election-2024-what-to-know-04a363dd56d4b3f15d3048ed8585fe55
Putin has mail in voting. Thats one way of many how he rigs his election
I couldn’t find any information confirming your claims. I do not think you’re correct and it concerns me that Trump clearly was given marching orders by Putin and wouldn’t shut up about it immediately after the meeting and you’re agreeing with dear leader and possibly spreading misinformation ?!??why?https://apnews.com/article/russia-presidential-election-2024-what-to-know-04a363dd56d4b3f15d3048ed8585fe55
Forging paper ballots is actually much harder than forging electronic ballots. That's why he fights them so much.
He's so dumb. Denouncing mail-in voting cost him in 2020 and they reversed course in 2024. Now they're against it again?
I think we should make voting mandatory.
If you want to ban mail in ballots, let's make sure you're doing it for the right reasons. Because you truly, yet incorrectly, believe that mail in ballots are insecure. Not because you're trying to suppress the votes of people who have a harder time making it to the ballot box.
If you want to prove that you're doing it for the right reasons, instead of the absolutely wicked reasons that you appear to be doing it for, then make voting mandatory at the same time. Make sure that each American gets to the ballot box because they are easily available and quick. Make voter registration automatic and track down every citizen to make sure that their voice is heard.
Ballot boxes disenfranchise bed-bound people. Let's not add an infraction for not voting. Mandatory voting requires mail-in ballots
the last thing GOP wants is EVERYONE voting, it hurts them more if everyone is voting.
Headlines should say "In desperate bid to keep unpopular republicans in the house, Trump attempts to unlawfully ban mail in voting"
Yes yes but what about Esptein files?
I think we've all accepted that he's "running" for a third term. No one is questioning that part of why he wants to do this. He's going to cheat again and also run for a third term, which is unconstitutional.
The 22nd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1951, limits a president to two terms in office. This rule was established following Franklin D. Roosevelt’s four-term presidency. Before this amendment, the two-term tradition was an unwritten rule, set by George Washington when he stepped down after his second term.
I think what's more likely is Don Jr will run to be a sock puppet for his dad, and idiots will see Donald Trump ^Jr^ on the ballot in 2028 and vote for it.
This Supreme Court could find a constitutional amendment unconstitutional
A reminder to our American friends, Trump is a symptom of 30 years of policies, you all had plenty of time to change things.
Given fox news and the republican main stream media was created to prevent the next Nixon from resigning, this is like a 60 year plot by a bunch of boomers.
This is garbage. I love mail in voting and refuse to go back.
The GOP will do everything in their power to not count or disqualify your mailed-in vote, and you may only find out long after the results are counted.
Why are politicians allowed to decide on voting rules on their own? In my country these matters are decided by an Electoral Comission, which is composed of public officials, with varied political affiliations. Changes to major rules must be approved by congress by a qualified majority (2/3 I believe).
Voting is controlled by the states. This is just another example of trump trying to break the laws while threatening a tantrum if he doesn’t get his way.
Who else would do it?
With that said, each state in the US decides how voting is done. Yes there are Federal Laws that mandate things.
I guess Trump can get legislation passed, but we shall see. Trump has been working on Infrastructure for 9 years now….
He's scared. Simple as. We had him begging Texas to redistrict, now this, he's down in polls... he knows that he'll lose ground next year. A democratic majority in the house or senate would be devastating for him, and that's where things are headed right now.
I feel like this is shooting themselves in the foot a bit. During covid, maybe you could argue Dems were more likely to mail in vote due to there being a pandemic, but now? It's old people doing most of the mail-in votes. Old people are more likely to be Republicans.
That's not the point. He's sowing the seeds of doubt in the legimacy of the next election. MAGAts will be shouting, "I saw on the TV they was countin' mail in ballots! Trump made that illegal! They're stealing the election again!"
States rights preserved to run elections how they see fit amirite
The world's sorest LOSER.
Orrr use mail in voting to decide if the people want more information about Epstein's client.
Would also like the complete list of conflict of interest this president has obviously including the ones we don't already know about.
Once that's done, trial for every single enabler of the orange turd.

Really lends credence to the theory that the last 3 elections were hacked and 2020 was an anomaly due to the high mail in vote not being as easy to manipulate due to hand counting. I'm so glad Trump will fix it so we'll never have to vote again.
OK so does he want to:
- Distract attention
- Corrupt the next election
- something else suiting his needs?