Trump puts pressure on Senate majority leader in blunt message: pass strict voter ID bill – live

President tells John Thune to force through Save America act, which requires proof of citizenship while registering to vote and curbs mail-in voting

the Guardian

#SCOTUS #Voting #MidtermElectons #USPS #MailInBallots

This will make all mail-in ballot delvery, and vote by mail interesting. I assume the DOGE bros and Dejoy have a list of Amercans who routinely vote Democrat, or perhaps they'll just go by "black or hispanic names?"

https://abcnews.com/Business/wireStory/supreme-court-rules-postal-service-sued-mail-intentionally-130452577#:~:text=A%20divided%20Supreme%20Court%20has%20ruled%20that,when%20employees%20deliberately%20refuse%20to%20deliver%20mail

Supreme Court rules the Postal Service can't be sued, even when mail is intentionally not delivered

A divided Supreme Court has ruled that Americans can’t sue the U.S. Postal Service, even when employees deliberately refuse to deliver mail

ABC News
#DemocracyWatch: @[email protected] and @[email protected] discuss Trump and the changes USPS rule that WILL impact #MailInBallots in the #midtermelections! Day 1 of 2026 and his election interference has ALREADY begun youtu.be/OhPGT_98LzY?...

Trump changes USPS rule that w...
Trump changes USPS rule that will impact mail ballots

YouTube

#Ohio governor 'reluctantly' signs bill eliminating grace period for late #ballots

The number of #states that will accept late-arriving #MailInBallots during next year’s critical #midterm #elections continues to dwindle, as Ohio Gov Mike DeWine “reluctantly” signed new restrictions into law, citing the uncertainty of pending litigation to ban the counting of such ballots in his state.

#Trump has moved to eliminate the practice nationally.

#law #ElectionLaw
https://apnews.com/article/ohio-governor-eliminates-mailin-voting-grace-period-fecd71756f26023df4183c167b24875b

Ohio's DeWine signs bill eliminating grace period for late ballots

Gov. Mike DeWine has signed legislation eliminating Ohio's four-day grace period for late-arriving mail-in ballots. The Republican said Friday that he reluctantly signed the bill to avoid chaos in next year's critical midterm elections. At issue is a pending U.S. Supreme Court case out of Mississippi that challenges the counting of such ballots as a violation of federal law. If a lower court ruling is upheld, DeWine said Ohio would wind up with different ballot rules for federal and state candidates. Democrats and voter advocates said the change will disenfranchise thousands of voters who cast absentee ballots through the mail.

AP News

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/09/donald-trump-plan-to-rig-2026-midterm-elections-voter-suppression-gerrymandering-certification/

“They’re petrified…since we’re taking control of the cities, there’s going to be #ICE officers near polling places,”…#SteveBannon said…“You’re damn right.”

#votingrights group #FairFight called it a #MAGA fever dream.” The laundry list…included requiring proof of citizenship, such as a passport or birth certificate, to register…#mailinballots must be received by Election Day…giving #DOGE and the #DHS the power to sift through…databases and subpoena state voting records…

Project 2026: Trump's plan to rig the next election

From nationalizing voter suppression to flooding the streets with federal agents, the president and his allies are using all the tricks in the authoritarian playbook to tilt the midterms in their favor.

Mother Jones

Earlier in August, #Trump pledged to issue an EO to end the use of #MailInBallots & voting machines ahead of the 2026 #midterms. However, #federal #elections are administered at the #state level & it is unclear whether the president has the #constitutional #power to enact such a measure.

#law #ElectionLaw #VotingRights

#MaineQuestion1 is a good reason to vote in an "off-year" election (you know, when the sneaky types try and pass shit!).

#Mainers like #AbsenteeVoting. Question 1 would make that option harder.

The November referendum has been framed around requiring #VoterID, but it also includes a host of changes to absentee voting.

Rachel Ohm, August 24, 2025

Excerpt: "#MaineVoters have come to increasingly rely on absentee or #MailInBallots — a practice that is routinely targeted by #Republicans politicians as rife with potential fraud, even though evidence doesn’t support that.

"During last year’s presidential election, almost half of all votes cast were absentee. The latest citizen-initiated proposal would make that more difficult.
If passed, it would prohibit voters from requesting absentee ballots by phone, and would require older Mainers and those with disabilities to renew their eligibility each year. The proposal also would limit the number of #DropBoxes municipalities are allowed to have and prohibit them from including prepaid return postage."

Read more:
https://www.pressherald.com/2025/08/21/question-1-would-make-changes-to-absentee-voting-an-option-mainers-increasingly-like/

Archived version:
https://archive.md/CuNbt

#Absentee #BallotAccess #Disabled #Poor #MaineVoters #DisabilityRights #VoterDisenfranchisement #USPol #MainePol #USElections

Question 1 would make changes to absentee voting, an option Mainers increasingly like

The November referendum has been framed around requiring voter ID, but it also includes a host of changes that would make absentee voting harder.

Press Herald
#Trump shared his ultimate #voting reform goal in a Wednesday #TruthSocial post, saying he wants the #GOP to pick up 100 #congressional seats. Trump's vision of a #Republican #supermajority in the #House relies on a combination of GOP-led states #redistricting out #Democrats and ending #MailInBallots nationwide. #constitution #democracy #corruption #criminal #fraud https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115064705209848959 #maga #republicans

This is a really good article from the Philadelphia Inquirer that says, in no uncertain terms, that 47 is full of shit re his comments on #VBM voting. Gift link via my own Inky sub, feel free to share.

#Trump wants to do away with mail-in voting. The U.S. Constitution doesn’t give him that power.

#VoteByMail #MailinBallots #MailinVoting #Elections #USpol

https://share.inquirer.com/DRmKcA

Trump wants to do away with mail-in voting. The U.S. Constitution doesn’t give him that power.

Trump pledged on his social media site that he would do away with both mail voting — which remains popular and is used by about one-third of all voters — and voting machines.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

#Trump believes BLATANT lie from #Putin - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/LYqyjS4UgUg

#MailInBallots #MailInVoting is being banned because of #OrangeTrash's BOYFRIEND? REALLY?

#NaziUSA #Elections #TrumpOUTNOW

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