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Even as he cast ballots by mail himself and launched messaging campaigns encouraging his supporters to do the same, Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to eliminate mail-in voting altogether, baselessly casting doubt on the legitimacy of mail-in votes.

Now he appears to be calling for the end of all forms of early voting.

After publicly demanding the prosecution of his political enemies, Trump encouraged the Department of Justice to investigate the outcome of the 2020 presidential election with “gusto” — and signaled that the “biggest SCANDAL in American history” will “happen again” unless the government eliminates early voting.

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[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

He doesn't know that STATES RUN THEIR OWN ELECTIONS apparently. Moron.

[–] DarkSideOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My fear is to is to have a single day election they could use national guard or something on blue counties to make it much harder to vote, like make special operations on the day of election and create grid locks on that counties.

They also want people to only be able to vote on Dominion voting machines, which are coincidentally owned and controlled by a Republican donor/operative.

So rest assured, no tomfoolery there.

[–] bagsy@lemmy.world 135 points 2 days ago (5 children)

States rights. Trump can go lick assholes.

[–] PeacefulForest@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Wait, wait.. which assholes are we talking about?

[–] HurlingDurling@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Republican-run states will cave

[–] RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

Good.

This is an old talking point from when conservatives were younger and healthier.

This is cutting their own throats because the Fox News set is getting old AF and tend to vote early and by mail.

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[–] rayyy@piefed.social 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Probably wants all votes on one day to better rig the elections.

[–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

A bunch of people who will be voting against him are working class, and the insane US system is rigged against the working class so much, people can't get a time off of their jobs to go vote.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 88 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Being against having many options to let your vote be heard is very anti-American.

[–] lastunusedusername2@sh.itjust.works 50 points 2 days ago (2 children)

So super on-brand for Trump

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 23 points 2 days ago (2 children)

And many/most Republicans. Gerrymandering, limited voting areas, and intimidation at the poll are standard tactics to try and reduce people who might vote against them.

To be fair, Democrats have gerrymandered in history as well. District lines should be an independent determination, not by who is currently in control of a state government.

[–] BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 days ago

That's called Canada.

We also let criminals vote, and even set up polls inside prison for them because they're (mostly) still citizens.

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[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I've talked to enough republicans to understand their problem with the 2 party system is that there's too many parties.

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[–] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

GOP loses when Dem voters show up.

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[–] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This is the level of stupidity we need to be at to get the brainwashed masses to understand what he’s actually doing. Yes, Trump, your messiah, is anti-American and pro billionaires. He doesn’t care about babies or you.

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[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 43 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The coward really can't stand the thought of a fair contest, can he?

[–] Darleys_Brew@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

To him, fair is him getting his way.

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Yes we all know he's a bitch who's wrong about everything.

[–] buttnugget@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

He can’t stand the thought of traitor lunatics losing. That seems to be all he cares about.

[–] Leather@lemmy.world 43 points 2 days ago

No early voting! No late voting! No mail-in voting! No black voting! No gay voting! No brown voting! No veterans voting!

Fuck it, only JD Vance votes! Unless he votes for himself, and then it's massive voter fraud!

[–] Master167@lemmy.world 60 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Sure thing. Make election day a federal holiday and allow for mail in ballots.

[–] PeacefulForest@lemmy.world 29 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Making Election Day a federal holiday makes so much sense. This is one example of the U.S. being ran by clown the entire time.

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 21 points 2 days ago (8 children)

Honestly I never understood the push for this. Maybe it's because I grew up around people who never had federal holidays off. Tons of people still need to work on federal holidays. What makes way more sense to me would be not having a single "Election Day." Make it Election Week, everywhere, all the time.

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 14 points 2 days ago

Yeah there's no point. Just make all elections mail-in, then people can vote at their convenience.

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[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago

And even then. No.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 35 points 2 days ago (7 children)
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[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 33 points 2 days ago (1 children)

He needs everybody to vote at polling places on the same day so his ICE thugs can round up antifa. They can’t do that if people are voting by mail or voting early.

[–] joyjoy@lemmy.zip 28 points 2 days ago (2 children)

And also close half the polling places without notice, and stop accepting new votes after 8pm even if there are still people in line.

[–] Lodespawn@aussie.zone 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

He has a system for rigging voting machines but not envelopes

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[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago

What I hate so very much is that there is even a chance this asshole's wishes have influence on how we conduct elections anywhere in this country.

He can go fuck himself.

[–] betanumerus@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Probably better for don to keep it shut.

[–] cv_octavio@piefed.ca 1 points 1 day ago
[–] Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 days ago (3 children)

People, whoever can. Please don't mail in vote if possible. They're sabotaging mail in voting by hurting the post office and sometimes the mail itself. If you can, vote in person

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago (2 children)

California has very good tools for tracking the status of your ballots. The USPS is also independently funded as a Constitutionally guaranteed service, so it’s relatively safe.

The reason they want to end mail-in and early voting is because it allows them to restrict access, intimidate voters, tamper with equipment, lose ballots, and all manner of other crimes. All voting should be done by mail as it limits their opportunities for engaging in fraud and crime. There is a reason they have been attacking it.

[–] krooklochurm@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oh sure, the constitution, that is totally meaningful. Yep. The Trump administration would never violate the constitution.

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[–] BananaIsABerry@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 days ago

"People don't even use the mail in voting anymore, we might as well get rid of it."

[–] jh34@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

I opt for the mail-in ballot and then drop it off at my county auditor in-person.

[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I’ve filled out my mail-in ballot but I’m seriously considering physically voting on November 4th instead of mailing it in.

As a white California resident I don’t feel I’ll be targeted by the racist “watchers” but I am worried about my mail-in vote being nullified.

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[–] possumparty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 days ago

The 2020 election claims are how they intend on pushing the third term shit.

[–] Gerudo@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No mail in votes? That means your increasing access to in person voting, right? RIGHT!?

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Correct, but only in predominately white and racist areas. Everyone else gets fucked

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[–] ysjet@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

He can demand all he wants, the federal government doesn't get to decide how elections work.

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