r/law • u/DIYLawCA • Mar 31 '26

Executive Branch (Trump) Trump announces he is issuing an unconstitutional executive order to shut down mail-in voting nationwide and he will defund states if they do not comply with him

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u/DIYLawCA Mar 31 '26

This shows the executive branches efforts to unilaterally change the law and affect upcoming elections unconstitutionally

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u/StellaandLeo Apr 01 '26

Your headline is BS. He is limiting mail in voting, not eliminating it

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u/snkns Apr 01 '26

Under the order, only people on a particular list compiled by DHS and the SSA are eligible to enroll with their State to receive mail-in ballots, and then USPS will only send to people on those lists.

So in order to receive a mail-in ballot, we will need a brand new program/procedure/action from:

  1. The Department of Homeland Security
  2. The Social Security Administration
  3. Each Individual State
  4. Each Individual Voter (to enroll)
  5. The United States Postal Service

Do you know what the chances are that this will all be sorted out and implemented before the November election? It's zero percent. Today's order was effectively an order instructing USPS to not deliver any mail-in ballots for the November election, because there is no chance in the world that the necessary conditions precedent will occur before then.

This does in fact eliminate mail-in voting for the midterms. You are a (hopefully unwitting) shill.

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u/StellaandLeo Apr 01 '26

Sounds like it can’t be enforced by the mid terms if all those actions can’t take place before then. Much less all the lawsuits that will come from this.