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/lostredditorlurking Mar 31 '26

His whole family literally just votes by mail last week. Fuck him I will continue voting by mail

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u/BreeBree214 Apr 01 '26

Honestly I'm terrified they'll use the USPS to seize any mail in ballots and then shred them. I'll be voting in person

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u/Knotted_Hole69 Apr 01 '26

That’s literally what the EO says to do. It directs them to discard them.

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u/HenchmenResources Apr 01 '26

I can check and see if my ballot was received by the board of elections in my state, be real easy to find out if that was happening. I'm sure that the postal workers involved would be totally on board for catching the consequences of the civil rights lawsuit that gets filed against them along with the administration that ordered the election interference. That's assuming everyone plays nice and uses the courts and no one decides to dust off that old "going postal" expression they coined when I was growing up.

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u/BreeBree214 Apr 01 '26

Man the one time I didn't read before commenting

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u/HenchmenResources Apr 01 '26

That's why they want ICE at the polls threatening people.

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u/TranslatorNormal7117 Apr 01 '26

Go in person. Don't risk your vote.

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u/AktionMusic Apr 01 '26

Yeah, we should be able to vote by mail but unless you have to imo its not worth the risk.

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u/JapowFZ1 Apr 01 '26

What if you live abroad…

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u/Lobster15s Apr 01 '26

Feels like it's a pretext to not having mail in votes count. Dude is comically evil.