NEW: President Donald Trump and the GOP have launched a new offensive in their long-running war on voting. Their latest target? Ballots that were postmarked by Election Day, but arrive after. From @jenrice.bsky.social‬: www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/... - ThreadSky

democracydocket.com • 9 days ago

NEW: President Donald Trump and the GOP have launched a new offensive in their long-running war on voting. Their latest target? Ballots that were postmarked by Election Day, but arrive after.

From @jenrice.bsky.social‬:
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/new-target-in-gop-war-on-voting-mail-ballot-grace-periods/

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metaphysicalist.bsky.social•9 days ago

Combined with control over the US Postal Service to ensure some will be late (generally Democrats). If you have access to a database of registered voters, you can ensure only Democrats are delayed.

dappyhayes.bsky.social•9 days ago

Hey America, just save time and let them win.

After all, not one American is fighting back anyway.

Cowards.

mkmcdaniels.bsky.social•9 days ago

I can't wait until the rug gets pulled out from under these assholes.
This is nothing but trying to rig elections.

fresh72.bsky.social•9 days ago

It's literally how they won in 2024, they purged enough voters to swing the election. Why wouldn't they double down?

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/voter-suppression-2024-election

jssw.bsky.social•9 days ago

🤬

sjstill.bsky.social•9 days ago

I thought that’s always been one of their complaints since at least 2025; he wants ALL ballots counted on election night. That means only up to 11:59PM to him. Anything after that is the next day & doesn’t count.

1rmctldy.bsky.social•9 days ago

Stop the idiocy.
Impeach now!

deliarn.bsky.social•9 days ago

Thus the reason behind dismantling USPS..

pamballard3.bsky.social•9 days ago

They should count, and why is the orange blob even getting into this, states rights???

davidnums.bsky.social•9 days ago

Astonishing. They are all about their masculinity and being tough, but they have to lie, cheat, and steal. Honor and integrity? Not for these bozos.

mysonsfather67.bsky.social•9 days ago

When democrats retake government, they immediately need to pass legislation to limit the number of polling stations and post offices in rural United States.
The entire state of Wyoming only needs one voting booth and one post office.
Alabama can get by with 2 voting booths and MAYBE 2 post offices

chaoticrespite.bsky.social•9 days ago

😡😡😡😡😡

legacydem.bsky.social•9 days ago

Another reason to wreck the USPS. Just like the wrecking of Public Education assured Republican ascendancy.

mickb290.bsky.social•9 days ago

Meanwhile they work to dismantle USPS..

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/24/usps-workers-sound-alarm-over-trump-efforts-to-dismantle-service-the-hounds-are-at-the-door

keithqq.bsky.social•9 days ago

Voting that stretches well past election day is destabilizing and plays into the hands of the authoritarians.

Dems need to rethink their approach.

cynfox.bsky.social•9 days ago

The solution is to ensure timely delivery of those ballots. Ya know, by not gutting the USPS. Invalidating any ballot based on criteria outside the voters control is ghoulish.

asm1thee.bsky.social•9 days ago

The mail here in Georgia has been obscenely slow for the past few years. And given that it's been the same way in the rest of the swing states, I don't think that's a coincidence.

keithqq.bsky.social•9 days ago

Yeah, I've seen some of that too.

I think this could be handled by requiring mail-in ballots that were sent at least N days before election day (3 days? 4 days?) to be counted regardless of when delivered.

keithqq.bsky.social•9 days ago

So maybe establish a time window for mailing. For example, if the ballot was mailed at least 3 days before election day, it gets counted.

cynfox.bsky.social•9 days ago

Or, hear me out, if it was mailed on election day.

Counting and validating over 100 million votes is something that should take multiple days.

I agree that it is bad optics for it to extend for weeks and months on end, but the compromise here isn't to limit mail-in voting.

keithqq.bsky.social•9 days ago

After learning about the challenges around provisional ballots, I'm in favor of sending mail-in ballots to people who request them a reasonable time in advance.

Also think people should not be allowed to vote in-person after having requested a mail-in ballot.

cynfox.bsky.social•9 days ago

The solution to these problems is not to do away with them, it is to reduce the need for them because they are indicitive of larger problems of voter disenfranchisement.

Don't like provisional ballots? Make it easy to update registration.

Don't like mail-in voting? Ensure access to voting sites.

keithqq.bsky.social•9 days ago

It isn't just bad optics. It invites mischief.

Mail in practices in some states also lead to large numbers of provisional ballots, which are complex and time-consuming to resolve.

Maybe we could learn from other countries. https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2022/french-election-results-faster-united-states/

dcnative.bsky.social•9 days ago

2024 election stats for registered voters (https://census.gov).

65.3% voted: 39.6% in person on Election Day, 30.7% in person before Election Day, & 29.0% by mail.

By educational level: 82.5% had advanced degrees, 77.2% had bachelor’s degrees, & 52.5% had high school diplomas.

35.7% DID NOT VOTE.

maryburns.bsky.social•9 days ago

They won’t stop until they’re installed forever.

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