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Fiendish Thingy

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29. I'm no lawyer, I just read a lot.

Fri Jul 17, 2026, 08:35 PM

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Again, remember this not even a ruling for USPS’s argument to maintain the ruling, it is just a ruling from a higher court that found the USPS argument persuasive enough to grant a stay pending appeal.

SCOTUS did rule against Trump recently on the question of whether mail in ballots could be counted if received after election day, and it quoted state law in its ruling- that is the most hopeful sign I can find that this case will also be resolved that way.

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Appeals court allows USPS to move forward with Trump's anti-mail voting order, for now [View all] hookaleft 3 hrs ago OP

America's voting system is a disaster dlk 3 hrs ago #1

So the Postal Service gets to decide who votes? underpants 3 hrs ago #2

More accurately, Trump gets to decide who can receive a mail-in ballot AZJonnie 2 hrs ago #9

Somehow they found a court willing to entertain this idea. LisaL 2 hrs ago #11

Colorado is completely mail in ballots?..................... Lovie777 3 hrs ago #3

I guess they better figure out what to do. LisaL 2 hrs ago #6

Yes, but we can drop them in secure boxes instead (nt) William Seger 22 min ago #39

How are you getting the ballot? LisaL 16 min ago #42

I have been voting in person for a few years now. ananda 3 hrs ago #4

You need to check that paper copy carefully. Lonestarblue 1 hr ago #35

I do. ananda 1 hr ago #36

The postal service will not be handling my ballot this year. GoodRaisin 3 hrs ago #5

Maybe states can avoid mail in ballots and start using ................... Lovie777 2 hrs ago #7

How are they going to get these ballots without the post office? LisaL 2 hrs ago #8

The states may have to hire third party couriers or legislate some kind of state run courier service. Nt Fiendish Thingy 2 hrs ago #15

Third party couriers don't have the infrastructure to do this. LisaL 2 hrs ago #21

Most states have drop boxes Fiendish Thingy 2 hrs ago #26

Again, how are the people going to get ballots to begin with? LisaL 2 hrs ago #27

That's what I mean by creating a plan B Fiendish Thingy 1 hr ago #31

States that vote by mail don't even have polling places. LisaL 1 hr ago #32

That's not true for the most part--- only a few states who do ALL mail-in voting Jack Valentino 17 min ago #41

Obviously I am talking about the states that only do mail in voting. LisaL 14 min ago #43

WTF? spanone 2 hrs ago #10

WTF can't the courts get on the same effn page? vapor2 2 hrs ago #12

It's part of the normal appeals process Fiendish Thingy 2 hrs ago #14

Can it be "temporary" until after the next election? kentuck 2 hrs ago #16

Courts tend to handle time sensitive election cases quicker than others Fiendish Thingy 2 hrs ago #18

I don't think anyone wants to put too much faith in this Court... kentuck 2 hrs ago #19

They have, but have also ruled against Trump on a number of occasions Fiendish Thingy 2 hrs ago #24

Okay, well, the article has some fairly scary-sounding verbiage in any case AZJonnie 2 hrs ago #22

I'm no lawyer, I just read a lot. Fiendish Thingy 2 hrs ago #29

Key word: temporarily Fiendish Thingy 2 hrs ago #13

October? LisaL 2 hrs ago #25

Which is why they must come up with a plan B NOW. Nt Fiendish Thingy 1 hr ago #30

How the fuck is the USPS going to do this part: "use those lists to determine whether to transmit ballots"? AZJonnie 2 hrs ago #17

How does this make sense? kacekwl 2 hrs ago #20

It makes no sense. LisaL 2 hrs ago #23

How does tha affect states that only vote by mail. Lifeafter70 2 hrs ago #28

Obviously the states that only vote by mail are going to have huge problems. LisaL 1 hr ago #33

I agree they are a federal agency and elections are state controlled Lifeafter70 1 hr ago #34

Democrats already know what's up at this point ecstatic 46 min ago #37

I use the secure ballot drop-box at my local library JoseBalow 39 min ago #38

How do you get this ballot to begin with? LisaL 18 min ago #40

Everyone in the state gets their ballot mailed to them in advance JoseBalow 3 min ago #44