cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/42694823

Trump has no power to “decree” that voters must present ID or to end mail-in balloting. But that doesn’t mean he can’t at least try both. Under the Insurrection Act or some other dusty statute, he can declare a state of emergency. Then he can decide that said state permits, nay requires, him to take extraordinary measures. On October 5, say, that might mean outlawing early voting. By October 13, it might mean no mail-in voting. By October 29, a reminder that all voters must present ID to vote. And by Sunday, November 1, two days before the election—an announcement that all these “reasonable” measures have alas failed, and he is now forced, against his will, to postpone the election.

      • D_C@sh.itjust.works
        102·
        2 days ago

        I have no idea why you were downvoted. If it weren’t for the tRUMP voters AND the non/protest voters then the orange child rapist wouldn’t have won.

        (Though all that could’ve been avoided if biden had pushed for prosecutions on the insurrection stuff and top secret documents stuff almost immediately. Instead he tried the old route of “it’s time to heal”, which NEVER works. NEVER.)

        • brynden_rivers_esq@lemmy.ca
          92·
          2 days ago

          He’s being downvoted because this was the democrats’ race to lose and they lost it spectacularly. Don’t blame non-voters for not turning up for the candidate that said “shut up about the genocide that we support and that i intend to confine to support”

          Or for a party that abandons every campaign promise other than “things will not fundamentally change.”

          The Democrats could try a little leadership for god’s sake. The top level comment blames the party, the comment you responded to blames the people. That’s why it’s downvoted, I think.

        • jj4211@lemmy.world
          2·
          1 day ago

          Because it’s not a very compelling theory that people particularly say this one out over various reasons. The turnout was actually above average by a few percent. It also assumes that most of those non voters would have gone against Trump. Which is far from assured

      • Uruanna@lemmy.world
        21·
        1 day ago

        It takes more guts than brains to comment this in a post about voter suppression.

        Think you can push it a bit more and blame the people who are currently in Trump’s concentration camps or deported for not voting this election?