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Ford_Prefect

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7. To approach this as if it were a chronic problem, or a radical one ignores the changes in postal services wrought

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Mar 23, 2026, 01:29 PM

Mar 23

By Trump, the GOP and their agents since 2010. It is one more exaggeration of a false internet meme.

The underlying laws were passed to enable more registered voters to participate in electing our government and determining policy which affects them.

The GOP takes the view that more people voting is bad for governance (by the GOP). Thus any option taken out of context can be argued as an unreasonable exception. I am 73 years old. Throughout my entire life the standard of acceptance for ANY mailed document has ALWAYS been the postmark date. Throughout the decades judges and juries alike have reinforced that aspect.

NOW when the GOP want to trim the voting pool to suit their perfidy they have decided that decades of prior law and practice have no basis.

I wonder how the generations who fought the great wars would view such interference in a fundamental constitutional right?

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Supreme Court sounds skeptical of late-arriving ballots, a Trump target [View all] BumRushDaShow Mar 23 OP

Once it's submitted to the government i.e. the usps it should count Blues Heron Mar 23 #1

They'll have to square it with contract law bucolic_frolic Mar 23 #3

next step: ballots not final counted by midnight... ret5hd Mar 23 #2

Post Mark Works for the Taxes Every April Gorhamtowne Mar 23 #4

That is an excellent question. pandr32 Mar 23 #6

USPS now says post marks may not be applied at the time of mailing DetroitLegalBeagle Mar 23 #8

So :-) Gorhamtowne Mar 23 #10

Worried about a "big stash of ballots arriving late" and maybe flipping an election Alito"? Bengus81 Mar 23 #5

Not worried. Planning for quakerboy Mar 23 #12

Words he didn't say: These are LEGAL BALLOTS. Grins Mar 24 #21

To approach this as if it were a chronic problem, or a radical one ignores the changes in postal services wrought Ford_Prefect Mar 23 #7

Slow-Walk The Mail-in Ballots 2na fisherman Mar 23 #9

The IRS accepts PO proof of mailing as timely surfered Mar 23 #11

As stated in a comment above, this would seem to be unconstitutional as it is arbitrary Scalded Nun Mar 23 #13

If they allow the federal government to ban this... regnaD kciN Mar 23 #14

There's more stuff in the law Trump wants than just this newdeal2 Mar 23 #16

Since Democratic voters are overall Mme. Defarge Mar 23 #15

Disenfranchising voters is a Republican thing Zorro Mar 23 #17

Missing from the post: Who's the plaintiff? Grins Mar 24 #23

Wouldn't mailing in it three business days before Election Day make this matter moot? Polybius Mar 23 #18

"Wouldn't mailing in it three business days before Election Day make this matter moot?" BumRushDaShow Mar 24 #19

No reason it shouldn't. This is LOCAL mail just going downtown,not going hundreds of Bengus81 Mar 24 #22

This sucks...Don't most states also have a "hard deadline"? LeftInTX Mar 24 #20