Postmaster General David Steiner told a Senate committee Wednesday that, if a proposed rule is adopted, the U.S. Postal Service would withhold mail ballots from states that do not hand over to the federal government lists of people who have requested absentee or mail ballots.
Personally, I’m curious how they intend to apply this to states like mine, where all ballots are mailed.
I presume the GOP will just appoint people to represent you. Don’t worry, it’ll be totally in your best interests, as decided by the rich people running the party.
Do you like being owned as farm equipment? Because that’s what you get when right wingers take over.
My state is similar. The USPS were supposed to meet with state lawmakers this week, but cancelled last minute.
Hmmmmm.
Make sure the ACLU is there, just for expertise.
They will just declare that Republicans won all the elections
My prediction is that a lawsuit will go to a federal court, where they will strike this rule down based on Article I Section 4 of the Constitution.
They maybe fucked up by not waiting until closer to the election
No votes for you.
Damn, your state doesn’t even have drop boxes?
Drop box does no good if the ballot is never delivered to you in the first place.
Just as a disclaimer: I believe that states that have 100% mail in voting allow you to print your ballot at home if it does not arrive in time. Washington State does.
Oh, we do. I meant that all of the ballots get mailed to voters before the election. We can either mail them back (postage paid) or drop them off at drop boxes in every district. It’s a pretty awesome system, but if the USPS refuses to deliver the ballots it could be a problem. The state would have to figure out some other way to distribute them. It would be a huge PITA (not to mention expense) and probably reduce voter turnout significantly.
In Oregon where we’ve been vote by mail since like the 90s you can still vote in person. But we don’t really have the infrastructure to allow every voter to vote in person. If those ballots don’t get mailed out I imagine most Oregonians just won’t vote, and those that do are going to be stuck in never ending lines.
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Does Oregon not allow you to print your ballot if it doesn’t get delivered in time like WA?
Asked and answered.
Oh yeah, that makes sense.