Originally published at: Supreme Court Gets Involved in Trump Admin’s Relentless Crusade to Purge Voter Rolls
Hello, and welcome back to The Franchise! Despite the fact that the U.S. has entered the “quiet period” — the 90 day window before an election during which state election officials are federally barred from “systematically” removing people from voter rolls — the Trump administration is going full steam ahead in its crusade to control…
We now wait for SCOTUS to decide the mail-in ballots case.
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Once again, elections are administered by the states, not the Federal government. Please make it stop. 86 47
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Butt outski, traitor trump.
Like, if he gave a crap about anything but his own stupid self, their arguments for interfering in something that is not their business at all, none of it, if CA doesn’t care about a couple of illegal votes slipping thru, too bad lying sack of traitor shit. Not your problem.
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If the Calvinball 6™ were normal uncorrupt Justices who follow the Constitution this would be a 9-0 denial of appeal.
Article I
Section 4 Congress
Clause 1 Elections Clause
The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.
Note the absence of the word executive in this clause.
Unfortunately most of their decisions are based on what’s in it for them rather then the rule of law. With serious talk from the Democrats about Court reform they may perceive the loss of a Republican majority as a threat to their power.
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You maybe right about this S.C. but they would disenfranchise millions of voters in red states. I am not sure they are ready to do it. This should be a 9-0 slam dunk but it could be 7-2.
Eight states and D.C. have all mail-in voting and Oregon since 2000.
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California – Universal mail ballots made permanent in 2021.
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Colorado – All-mail elections since 2013.
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Hawaii – Switched statewide in 2020.
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Nevada – Universal mail ballots enacted in 2021.
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Oregon – Pioneer; all-mail since 2000.
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Utah – Counties adopted mail voting over time; statewide by 2019.
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Vermont – Permanent universal mail voting for general elections.
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Washington – All-mail elections since 2011.
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Washington, D.C. – Adopted all-mail elections beginning in 2023
28 states allow no excuse mail-in voting. Among them are many red states with large rural areas.
Those states are:
- Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.
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Here’s the thing, Trump’s gonna scream louder and louder. We gotta get past the noise, crush the trump minions, and elect a blue Congress. That’s our focus right now. Talk it up with folks. Voting feels good!
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Colorado is not all mail voting. The SoS sends a ballot to every registered voter but you can still vote in person.
Q1. If I want to vote in-person what should I do with my mail ballot?
A1. If you want to vote in-person, you may return your mail ballot and vote in-person at a voter service and polling center. Even if you do not return your mail ballot you may still vote in person. Once you vote in person your county clerk will not accept for counting any ballot that was mailed to you. The deadline to vote in-person is 7:00 PM on Election Day.
Early in-person voting starts 15 days before election day.
In the 2024 general election 92.2% of voters chose to return a mail ballot, while only 7.8% of voters chose to vote in-person.
I expect Trump to argue, and at least two of The Six to agree, that his EO is not the executive interfering with voting, it is only a mail handling procedure that may incidentally affect mail-in ballots.
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How many times does the word ballot appear in the USPS rule? -
More than 50 times
across:
- the Executive Order (EO 14399)
- the USPS “Ballot Mail for Federal Elections” final rule
- the accompanying USPS operational guidance
And not in incidental ways — in directive, mandatory, and enforcement clauses.
The legal beagles may try to pull that, but I’m sorry it appears way more times than just hinting at a mail handling procedure. The rule and related guidance can’t be dismissed as just general mail handling.
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This week, the Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to allow it to continue its expanded use of the Systematic Alien Verification Entitlements database, the SAVE system […]
SAVE: Sinister Anti-Voting Enforcement
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Similar in California. Very flexible. Want to mail it? Mail it. Want to drop it at one of the official dropboxes? Sure. Want to hand carry your filled-in mailed ballot to the polling station, so you can get the full experience of both worlds? Do it. Want to go old school and show up on the day to fill out a ballot in those little fold-up privacy things? Great.
You mailed in your ballot but then changed your mind? Also good. Vote another one, and the county office of elections will invalidate your first one in favor of the more recently cast vote.
Like the old Burger King jingle went – “have it your way!”
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Alaska has already been fighting over the “ballots received after election day” issue. Any restriction on mail voting would be disastrous.
This is going to be critical for the Senate race.
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