floofloofMar 8

Trump says he won’t sign any bills into law until SAVE America Act passes

https://lemmy.ca/post/61499581

Trump says he won’t sign any bills into law until SAVE America Act passes - Lemmy.ca

cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/43133995 [https://infosec.pub/post/43133995] > > President Trump [https://thehill.com/people/donald-trump/]on Sunday threatened to not sign any bills into law until the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act is approved by the Senate, doubling down on his push to change voting requirements ahead of the midterm elections. > > > > “I, as President, will not sign other Bills until this is passed, AND NOT THE WATERED DOWN VERSION – GO FOR THE GOLD: MUST SHOW VOTER I.D. & PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP: NO MAIL-IN BALLOTS EXCEPT FOR MILITARY – ILLNESS, DISABILITY…,” the president wrote in his Sunday morning Truth Social post [https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116193527873859174]. > > — > > If the president doesn’t sign a bill, it becomes law in 10 days. Sundays don’t count, and if congress adjourns during the period, it counts as a veto. [https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artI-S7-C2-2/ALDE_00013645/]

Show threadCharlesDarwinMar 8
Also, if this asshole ends voting by mail in Colorado, there are going to be a whole lot of absolutely LIVID people.
Show threadAdamEatsAssMar 8
Voting by mail is so nice too. I voted in person in NJ a few years back and I ended up waiting for ~2 hours after work. Now I vote by mail and waste no time.
Show threadCharlesDarwinMar 8
Yeah, the idea of being able to sit there, quietly, at your own house and fill out your form at your own leisure and research each proposal is great.
Show threaddivergingMar 8

research each proposal

There’s nothing stopping you from researching each proposal before going to vote at a polling place. The items on the ballot are not secret.

It’s very worrying to me how many times I have seen this.

Show threadgreatwhitebuffalo41Mar 8
I mean you CAN but it’s much nicer to do it from home with the ballot in front of you and really take your time. I don’t know why it’s concerning. I’ve done both, I prefer at home.
Show threaddivergingMar 9

This conversation is about the advantages of mail-in ballots. Being able to research ballots ahead of time is not an advantage of mail-in ballots. In either case, you can have the ballot in front of you (either a sample ballot or a real ballot) and you are able take all the time you need to do your researching.

For someone to say that being able to research ballots ahead of time is an advantage of mail-in ballots suggests that there are people showing up polling places and realizing that they have no idea how they want to vote, resulting in them having to frantically research the issues and candidates on their phones at the polling booth or fill it out without being well informed. And that is worrying.

Show threadCharlesDarwin

For someone to say that being able to research ballots ahead of time is an advantage of mail-in ballots suggests that there are people showing up polling places and realizing that they have no idea how they want to vote, resulting in them having to frantically research the issues and candidates on their phones at the polling booth or fill it out without being well informed. And that is worrying.

Well, yeah. Without mail-in voting that is something that is going to happen.

With mail-in voting, it becomes more like an open book test for those that want to look into things. Plenty of time to research things and fill it out at the same time, and at a relaxed pace. Versus some kind of frantic pop quiz at the tail end of a multi-hour wait in line.

I sure hope voters that have to vote in-person plan ahead, do research ahead of time and bring notes if they need them. I somehow doubt that all do.

Mar 9 at 2:45pmWeb