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The actual details are bonkers

According to the Daily Caller, the executive order would require the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to compile a list of verified U.S. citizens in each state who are eligible to vote. DHS would undertake the effort with the Social Security Administration, the Daily Caller wrote, citing a White House fact sheet.

The U.S. Postal Service would then be required under the order to only send mail-in ballots to voters who appear on the list, according to the Daily Caller. Election authorities in each state typically send out mail ballots to voters, not the Postal Service.

Aside from being blatantly illegal, I bet if you dig into this you will find that the contracts have been given to all of Musk's friends, using all the SSA data they stole

Bitch, YOU just voted by mail!

Trump has told Republicans that they will lose the November midterm elections if they don't pass the bill and crack down on mail-in voting.

You know, any normal person might take such confidence that they'll lose an election as a sign that maybe they're doing the wrong things.

How 'bout them states rights? And small government? Lol

He needs his throat slit

Good thing the constitution leaves it the states to conduct elections, not the federal government.

It's comforting in some ways to see Trump make these desperate moves. It really shows the pressure is taking a toll on him and Republicans know it too.

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Yeah. That’s not how Executive Orders work.

The notion that any aspect of a presidential election can be regulated through executive orders by the current sitting president would be laughed out of the room in any halfway functional democracy.

Might as well do away with the charade and call them royal decrees

An EO that's worth less, legally, than the paper it's written on. If the states fight it.

Struck down by a court in 5... 4... 3...

The ballot drop boxes are not affected and can be used instead.

Can someone explain to me what this means for USA? (I'm not from USA and am not familiar with the system) To me, USA has a guide-only vote because the actual vote it's not by the people but by Electoral College which means the people don't actually vote. They vote for someone hoping that the elector will vote like them in turn, it's a trust me bro kind of situation.

Well, I suppose we should be grateful this is happening early enough for a court challenge to play out instead of a last minute EO that will just make be followed automatically by red and purple (with red governors/AGs) states.

But no doubt the timing is because there are twelve additional fascist election moves in Trump/Miller's playbook, any of which can subvert the election, and they're just giving themselves time to run down the list.