Are we like still doing the constitution?
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Nah, states don't get to run their own elections no more
Non-stop Mr. Burns shenanigans from this guy. Where’s Maggie Simpson when you need her?
Fine. I bypass Trump and order new guillotines. The French has made some seriously nice ones this year.
I'm not gonna lie here... as someone who lives in a country that requires photo ID when voting, I am more upset with the fact that you guys don't have a national ID of some kind that is issued for free to everyone regardless of whether they can drive or not. This is a preexisting vulnerability that he's exploiting.
EDIT: "In most cases, you will need either a driver’s license or a state ID to register to vote. If you do not have either of these, you may be able to provide other types of documentation, including a bank statement or utility bill. But the required documents you need to register vary by state. Check with your state’s election office to find out what documentation they accept."
I see some states may have made an attempt at it? Also, how does a utility bill or a bank statement prove your citizenship in the US? Are they getting information about your citizenship from your bank? I assume non-citizens are allowed to open a bank account, right?
If I'm woefully uninformed, please disregard.
how does a utility bill or a bank statement prove your citizenship in the US?
Those don't prove citizenship, they prove residency, which is something completely different.
Evidence of citizenship and identification are 2 different things. You can have a driver's license or state ID without being a citizen. Proof of citizenship is more difficult - especially for married women whose names won't match their birth certificate.
The most common reason to prove citizenship right now is when starting a new job, where they'll ask for either a passport or a social security card and state-issued photo ID.
You literally already need to prove you are an eligible voter to register to vote.
But if we don’t go further we wouldn’t be able to disenfranchise voters at the ballot box, where they would have no recourse. Think of the children!
You mean the children that got diddled by Trump and Epstien?
Correct. When Republicans say “think of the children” the sick, the evil fuckers mean sexually.
After all this bullshit he still doesn't understand how any of this works does he?
Imagine getting as far as Trump has and not understanding anything just buying your way through life. Then even if he breaks all the laws he still doesn't get any legal punishment beyond paying more but he has tons of money. He's literally looting the US Treasury right now.
Not only does the federal government have no authority over elections, the executive especially has no purview there.
That would be completely antithetical to the nature of democratic elections.
But these fascists don't like democracy.
Didn't he try this last year in March, they took him to court, he lost, and his administration didn't even bother to appeal it because they knew he was going to lose? Is this his dementia brain not remembering things?
Trump isn't the one pushing this. He says what he's told to say.
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I was just reading a story this morning, that the GOP is now looking to scuttle the SAVE act as functionally it’d require passports in most all states except a few.
Why are they trying to scuttle it? They finally saw the data that most people who own passports are actually left leaning in nature. Throughout the south, majority of republicans don’t have passports.
This law could inadvertently flip all of the Red strongholds in attempt to get swing states. Gotta love it.
problem here is their states will just vaguely follow it and their courts will say thats fine but blue states saying fuck you would be ruled against. I mean hopefully the courts throw out the congressional over reach and keep states rights but we really don't want the law passed. All the republican laws are there to serve their ends and only will be required to be followed by the executive to the extent it does. enforcement wise. judicial wise.
Especially when the original intent was likely to disenfranchise women. Whoops.
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THE PRESIDENT IS NOT ALLOWED TO MAKE LAWS! THAT IS NOT HOW THIS WORKS!
God, the US is so beyond fucked.
I already know exactly how this is gonna happen... He's floating it now, he'll DO it in August, a Federal judge will stop it, the Supreme Court will let it stand pending appeal, and then they won't take up the case until December, by which point it won't MATTER what they rule.
again. this is a way to legitamize congress having involvement in elections when its up to the states. If he gets away with it great for him. If not it looks like congress doing it is legitamate because him doing it illegally was stopped but states control their voting not the national governement. They have to be constitutional so the courts have some sway but not the legislative or the executive.
Congress does have some involvement in elections. They have the power to pass federal standards for US elections so long as they do not violate the Constitution. The states have the right to strike down those federal laws if they do not comply with the Constitution.
yeah fair enough. I was reading over the but part in the constitution. All the same supposedly conservative values are supposed to be a small federal government, low regulation, and states rights. messing with state elections is a breaking with all three.
He cannot “order new laws”. He doesn’t have that authority.
Unless we are in a fascist regime.
Laws require compliance and enforcement. Him being fascist and declaring it doesn't make it the new rule. He'd need to send loyal soldiers to take over polling places for this to work. And there are a lot more polling places than he has brown shirts to take over and the public is agitated and motivated to stop it.
Fascism isn't a yes or no question. Nazi Germany still had agents of the state who would only follow the law (as defined by the "process") and not simple dictates by Hitler. And Trump's level of control is much much much smaller than Hitler's. He can't even pass votes in the legislature controlled by his own party.
It's useful to call out fascism in no uncertain terms when it's used to wake up the sleepwalkers, but overstating its power out inevitability just seems to be encouraging surrender.
You aren't going to believe this...
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Proof of citizenship is already required to vote. That's what you're doing when you register to vote. Then, a secondary validation of a sample of ballots is typically completed to ensure that there isn't fraud.
Obviously, they're just trying anything and everything to not lose the midterms, and their voters go rabid over just the mention of voter fraud. I'm just rambling to the void because this new wave of fraud allegations is so fucking stupid and see through.
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