President Donald Trump announced over the weekend that he intends to sign an executive order banning most mail-in voting and mandating voter identification in federal elections.
“Voter I.D. Must Be Part of Every Single Vote. NO EXCEPTIONS,” Trump posted on Truth Social Saturday. “I Will Be Doing An Executive Order To That End!!! Also, No Mail-In Voting, Except For Those That Are Very Ill, And The Far Away Military. USE PAPER BALLOTS ONLY!!!”
Every state allows some form of mail-in voting. In several states, including California, Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Hawaii, Nevada, and Vermont, elections are conducted primarily by mail.
Trump has made election security a central issue since the 2020 presidential election, which was marked by widespread allegations of voter fraud from his supporters. In March, he signed an executive order establishing new voter ID requirements for federal elections and directing the Department of Justice to ensure that mail-in ballots are only counted up until Election Day. That order has been met with numerous legal challenges and is still under review in the courts.
The new executive order Trump is proposing could face similar challenges. While the Constitution grants Congress some oversight of federal elections, states have broad authority to regulate how elections are conducted. Any attempt to override state mail-in voting laws is expected to face immediate lawsuits, particularly from Democratic-aligned groups that favor expanding ballot access.
Alaska is a “no-excuse” absentee voting state. All registered voters can request an absentee ballot without providing a reason. While not a primarily mail-in state like Colorado or Washington, mail-in voting is strongly practiced, particularly in rural and remote communities where in-person voting can be challenging due to geography and weather. There have been numerous instances of voter fraud in rural precincts, linked to things like personal representatives voting for people and an overabundance of ballots being tuned in, in excess of actual number of registered voters.
Hoo-RAH! The fact that even a former Anchorage ‘lawmaker’ is facing charges for voter fraud, shows just how much we need this, to ensure our elections are indeed fair and honest!
Violation of the 10th Amendment and longstanding precedent that we have state elections for federal offices.
You should stand outside and wave a sign.
You Socialist Conservatives sure like Government rules. What happened. Man and now we are buying parts of companies to manipulate them. Wow finally you are showing your true Socialist colors, we always knew what you were, Uncle Donny just brought it out
Rino, as an observer, it simply appears that conservatives are using the same tools of “democracy” that your team exploits on the regular. Each wing of the beast taking turns beating up on the body of the wearer. Shoe on the other foot so to speak.
Nobody likes when their team loses, but what is even more pathetic is how politics have turned into a competitive sport rather than a system of collaboration progress.
For too long politicians have used the people as weapons against each other for the gaining of power and acquisition of wealth.
What is playing out now is the team you don’t like is playing offense while yours plays defense.
You kids really should learn to play nice.
Perhaps curling is more up your alley?
You did not mind it when the pedocrat appointed judges refused to hear election fraud cases – soros pays well (it’s other people’s money after all)
Suddenly, the leftists have discovered the 10th… Weird how there was no mention of that when Pelosi as pushing for HR1 in 2021.
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And, where is this violation? The Federal Elections may be run by the states, and specifics to how the run it are up to the individual States. However, those variations all must be within the boundaries of Federal Law. So… the President, who is charged with the responsibility of faithfully executing the laws of the United States, is telling the individual States to comply.
So tell me how else besides mail in voting and “drop boxes”would Joe Biden receive more votes than any “elected” president in the history of America?
And that was before his importation of illegal aliens.
Just flat manufactured electronically in the software.
Excellent, you know that the only ones who will oppose it are the corrupt.
States that have all mail in voting ballots are nothing but a petri dish for voter fraud. If voters request a mail in ballot is one thing but all mail in ballots is a different monster.
Agree.
The voter registration rolls of many states have way too many ineligible voters, and voters with seriously questionable addresses. (One example had dozens of people registered at a small business address.)
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Alaska is no different. A buddy’s three sons had moved out of state, but every Muni election, he receives ballots for them at his house. If he wanted to, he could cast four votes, but he is too honest.
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There is no way 100% mail in ballots are only going to the registered voters that are still alive and still living at that address. No way.
maybe your too honest buddy should get his kids to take the 2 minutes to fill out and submit the State of Alaska Voter Registration Cancellation Form.
They did. More than once.
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Literally, it was not until he make a big deal about it one election day, that anyone listened. And, yes, he made the point that the voter registration system was not accurate to a poll worker, than to their shift supervisor, who was on the ball enough to call someone that could take action. Finally, after more than 10 years, his sons were actually removed from the voter rolls.
That is on Dahlstrom. As Lt Gov that is her wheelhouse and she could have fixed this. Too lazy and only looking for the next jump to do her actual job.
Agree.
Lackadaisical approach to security results in breaches and fraud. And… here we are
Thank you, Mr. President!
Good luck with this one! A wonderful ideal for an ideal America – that will be widely condemned in the media and the courts. My guess – a smoke screen for something else going on, not necessarily nefarious, but needs to be hidden for a time from scrutiny. Artful Deals – Ukraine? Palestine? Invite Russia to join NATO? Something now publicly unknown but critically important? This is the perfect subject for DJT to take heat for while protecting the rest of the Republican Party – and even better if he wins this battle (doubtful).
I greatly appreciate the President’s genius for political strategy.
Hes my hero Lol
Go Trump !
Bad ass
This is a good start. Dems cheat anyway they can. How about outlawing ranked-choice voting while you’re at it, Mr. President?
Yahoo! I can hardly wait to go to the voting places and not run to the post office. Makes me think I’m really going to vote!
Saw ~50 boxes of ballots in the Kent, WA USPS office – each holding 1500 ballot forms asked employees about it. All spoke Mandarin and all cussed me out for asking. None spoke English
Democrats complain the loudest when their power is threatened. They know election fraud is one of their tools to obtaining political power. They won’t let go of it so easily.
Never mind that he himself has voted by mail for many years in Florida.
Baseless assertion
You think your blather is convincing somehow?🤣
He touted the fact himself years ago. A 10 second google search will provide you with the evidence.
I also voted by mail because I had no choice but he will not do it again and hopefully neither will you
Is that it? Nothing else to add?
So … let’s use 50 million #CriminalBorderInsurgents to sign and cast 150 million counterfeit ballots printed in Shanghai – because DJT owns properties in more than one state.
That is correct, cman.
President Trump took the action to request an absentee ballot, the State of NY took the action to send an absentee ballot to his residence in Florida. And, he mailed it back to NY State.
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Whereas President Trump wants to stop the 100% vote by mail, where every name in the voter registration database has a ballot sent to an address that may no longer be correct, even if they did not request one. And, then those voters, if they actually received their ballot, mail it back or drop it into a collection box, and have zero idea if their ballot was actually received, or counted.
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Additionally, mail in voting is totally insecure. There is no assurance the person registered actually filled in the ballot, and ballot harvesting is another avenue where fraud can occur.
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See the difference? No, probably not, because you are a leftist.
Rules for you not for me, you Faux Conservatives are really miserable humans, and like throughout history we will win and you will head to Argentina.
Get rid of the machines….hope it’s true about Venezuela.
While it would be great to get rid of mail in voting, The President has no authority and such an “order” will simply be ignored.🤷♂️
Precedent was set by criminal judges and blatant violations of State Legislature issued laws in 2020 by pedocrat activists
Go to court – enjoy discovery phase maoists!
The President of the United States has the authority… no the requirement to faithfully execute the laws of the United States. There are at least 10 Federal Election laws. How those laws are enforced is absolutely the responsibility of the Executive Branch. As the head of that Branch, the President has a wide authority to say how Federal elections are conducted.
CB. You’re wrong.
Please enlighten me, Manny.
Does the President, as the head of the Executive Branch of the United States Government not carry the responsibility to execute the laws of the nation? (HINT: Yes, he does.)
Are there Federal Election laws that place boundaries on how much latitude a State has regarding Federal Elections? (HINT: Yes there are.) Do those laws lead to Federal Regulations, again placing boundaries on the States? (HINT: Yes, they do.)
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Does a Presidential Executive Order direct the various Agencies and Departments responsible for carrying out the Federal Laws and provide guidance? (HINT: Yes, it does.)
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So… is it within the President’s authority to direct Agencies within the Executive Branch of the US Government to apply the laws and regulation in accordance with the Executive Order? (HINT: It absolutely is.)
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So, tell us all Manny, what is wrong about my statement above?
The ONLY reason to institute mail-in voting is to intermediate the ballot from the voter, and to corrupt the voting process and the voting outcome — in other words, to cheat (as radical leftists and Democrats are highly prone to do). There is no other logical reason for it.
I lived in Kent, WA in 2020. Received 4 mail-in ballot forms. Lived alone. Took them to USPS guy to alert him to error. He said “there’s a box there, take as many as you want”. Took them to Kent PD to report – they laughed at me and went back to snacking in their cruiser and watching fentanyl addict stumbling in the intersection next to the Post Office.
I know of no states that in recent decades have in any way restricted the right of any military member or any expat from voting absentee. In addition, states generally have allowed shut-ins or institutionalized voters (not prisoners) too vote absentee. POTUS in his remarks, therefore, is extending voting restrictions far beyond that which has been practice for many decades. Frankly, the Constitution leaves voting procedures to the States. His EO will just be a piece of propaganda with no force of law.
I do not see where this planned EO is going to outlaw absentee voting.
I do see where it will stop 100% mail in voting.
Want to request an absentee ballot? No problem.
Sitting at home, and a ballot shows up even if you wanted to vote in person. Problem.
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Big distinction.
The jurisdiction of state run elections as defined by State Legislative bodies was violated across the country during the scamdemic election fraud of 2020 – so you pedocrats established the precedent, now you have to deal with those consequences.
Only applies to federal elections. Cheers –
I guess that means we will still be stuck with the leftists Anchorage Assembly.
Much of locals are on the same ballot.
Anyone that supports mail in voting quite simply favors fraudulent elections. This not to be confused with an absentee ballot which is a totally legitimate option for those to whom it applies. Yet another excellent reason I voted for Trump, the swamp continues to drain!
Also, require the ID to be *photo ID*.
No exceptions, no excuses.
Russia Russia Russia!!! Orange Man BAD!!! Epstein Epstein Epstein!!!…Any anti-Trump Republican or Democrat can Kiss my arse !!!
Leftist tyranny has prevailed for most of my life, so now any of these leftists can simply kiss my arse!!!….MAGA – I support our excellent President Trump!
Thanks