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Ford_Prefect

(8,599 posts)
7. To approach this as if it were a chronic problem, or a radical one ignores the changes in postal services wrought
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 01:29 PM
10 hrs ago

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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Once it's submitted to the government i.e. the usps it should count Blues Heron 10 hrs ago #1
They'll have to square it with contract law bucolic_frolic 10 hrs ago #3
next step: ballots not final counted by midnight... ret5hd 10 hrs ago #2
Post Mark Works for the Taxes Every April Gorhamtowne 10 hrs ago #4
That is an excellent question. pandr32 10 hrs ago #6
USPS now says post marks may not be applied at the time of mailing DetroitLegalBeagle 10 hrs ago #8
So :-) Gorhamtowne 10 hrs ago #10
Worried about a "big stash of ballots arriving late" and maybe flipping an election Alito"? Bengus81 10 hrs ago #5
Not worried. Planning for quakerboy 10 hrs ago #12
To approach this as if it were a chronic problem, or a radical one ignores the changes in postal services wrought Ford_Prefect 10 hrs ago #7
Slow-Walk The Mail-in Ballots 2na fisherman 10 hrs ago #9
The IRS accepts PO proof of mailing as timely surfered 10 hrs ago #11
As stated in a comment above, this would seem to be unconstitutional as it is arbitrary Scalded Nun 8 hrs ago #13
If they allow the federal government to ban this... regnaD kciN 8 hrs ago #14
There's more stuff in the law Trump wants than just this newdeal2 4 hrs ago #16
Since Democratic voters are overall Mme. Defarge 7 hrs ago #15
Disenfranchising voters is a Republican thing Zorro 4 hrs ago #17
Wouldn't mailing in it three business days before Election Day make this matter moot? Polybius 3 hrs ago #18
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