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#Trump signs #ExecutiveOrder on #mail #ballots, escalating #election overhaul push

Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday aimed at tightening mail-in voting rules nationwide, including by directing his admin to create a list of confirmed #US #citizens eligible to #vote in each state, & said he did not see how the measure could be challenged.

#law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #Constitution #states #federalism #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism #privacy
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-signs-order-mail-ballots-escalating-election-overhaul-push-2026-03-31/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

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Nonilex 15h ago

The order would use federal #data to help state #election officials verify who is “eligible” to #vote in their jurisdictions. It would also require #AbsenteeBallots to be sent only to ⁠voters on each state's “approved” mail-in ballot list & mandate “secure” ballot envelopes with unique tracking barcodes.

#Trump #law #privacy #InfoSec #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #Constitution #states #federalism #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism

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Nonilex 15h ago

Any move to force changes to #state run #election systems is likely to face immediate #legal challenges.

#Trump claimed only a judge could block the order & complained that there were many "rogue" & "very bad" judges. "I don't see how they can challenge it," he said about the executive order.

#law #judiciary #privacy #InfoSec #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #Constitution #states #federalism #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism

oh FFS

@Nonilex Our county (in TX) has a process by which we submit an FPCA application, and they send us an email per election which we use to print, vote, and mail back, wherever in the world we happen to be at that moment.

This EO could throw a wrench in that whole system. Are we going to continue to be allowed to vote by mail? Will they somehow find a way to disallow our ballots without telling us?

This is bad. Very bad.

#USPol #Voting #Elections #VoteByMail

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Robert H 8h ago

@Nonilex

"#Ballot envelopes with unique tracking barcodes."

Hard NO on that. A ballot would need to be three envelopes deep.

@Nonilex
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@Nonilex this is one of those uncrossable lines we're about to cross. The trump regime declares what votes are and are not legitimate, then creates chaos when it comes to staffing and the government according to the will of the voters.

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