Politico: Trump aides exploring executive actions to curb voting by mail

[TomCADem]

I guess we have to count on Trump and his cronies being honest and law abiding enough not to try to confiscate and destroy absentee ballots from Democratic leaning areas, because there must be some lines that Republicans will not cross, right?

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/08/trump-wants-to-cut-mail-in-voting-the-republican-machine-is-helping-him-392428

Trump, impatient with the slow nature of lawsuits, suggested last week that the November election be postponed, though he later claimed he was merely trying to highlight the possibility of fraud after he faced a backlash from even members of his own party. Only Congress can change the date of the election.

Since then, Trump has mused to aides about what executive orders, if any, he could sign to curb voting by mail.

“I have the right to do it,” Trump told reporters Monday. “We haven’t gotten there yet. We’ll see what happens.”

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Some suggested Trump could try to stop local officials from counting remote ballots after Election Day and direct the Postal Service to not deliver certain ballots to voters using an emergency declaration, according to one of the people.

[still_one]

1. executive orders to tell states how to run their elections? I don't think so

[TomCADem]

4. Are States In Charge of US Postal Service?

Even States depend on the US. Postal Service, which is why Trump has been replacing its leadership.

[cayugafalls]

2. Someone needs to take his f'ing sharpie away.

This is getting really tiresome.

Really, really, really tiresome.

[LisaL]

3. Well, he certainly is a king wannabe, isn't he?

Republicans vote by mail too. But maybe he doesn't know that. Or just doesn't care.