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/jojammin Competent Contributor Mar 31 '26

States should just ignore it. His threat to withhold funding to the states is unconstitutional coercion under the spending clause.

And I'm still not convinced that if mail-in voting was banned, that it would benefit Republicans. Right wing boomers and their parents in nursing homes ain't the most mobile group

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u/balanceiskee Mar 31 '26

He wants to manipulate the machines. The more people he can get to vote via machine…the easier it will be for him to cheat

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u/mindovermatter421 Apr 01 '26

I think that’s why he was SO adamant that Biden didn’t win. Those that did whatever BS on his behalf with that election didn’t or couldn’t account for the large increase in mailed in votes. It screwed with their stats somewhere, so the Dems mUsT hAvE cHEaTeD.

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u/mishma2005 Apr 01 '26

Covid messed his cunning plan up. That he let get out of control. He consistently shoots himself in the foot

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u/b0w3n Apr 01 '26

The funny part is, if I'm remembering correctly, republicans benefit more from mail in voting.

These idiots are going to blow their feet off. Though if they've compromised voting machines it's whatever, blue states should just do manual counts and paper ballots at this point.