Why the Republican attacks on vote-by-mail, and, early voting? Because . . . [View all]
Why are Republicans – especially Trump – so hell-bent on wiping out mail-in voting and early voting?
As far as I know every state has some form of mail-in voting. A few states are 100% vote-by-mail while others reserve mail-in voting for those who can’t get to the polls – nursing homes, working, out of town on election day, and the like.
As far as I know, every state has some period of early voting. Here in Virginia early voting starts 45 days before election day, the longest in the country. Other states have as little as 7-10 days of early voting.
Trump and Republicans are so dead set on abolishing mail-in voting that they have taken the issue to the Supreme Court, who may outlaw voting by mail.
As for early voting, get any Republican to start talking about the conduct of elections and before long you hear “Well, I make it to the polls on election day, why can’t everyone else?”
Why the Republican focus on killing vote-by-mail and forcing everyone to the polls on election day?
BECAUSE IF EVERYONE IS FORCED TO THE POLLS, IN PERSON, ON ONE DAY, WE CAN BE CONTROLLED As it stands now, with 50 different voting schedules and 50 different rules for vote-by-mail, that wild variety makes these activities impossible to control.
We all know (1) ICE is rapidly becoming Trump’s private army – it was planned that way, and (2) ICE will be deployed to polling places to control who votes – at least in blue states and cities.
There is no way ICE can control voting as it is now, voting is too widespread, too variable. The whole idea behind vote only on election day and no mail-in voting is to force voters into one day, one place where we can be herded like cattle for the slaughter.
I will be at my local No King’s Day later today. My sign reads:
THIS TIME.
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