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2na fisherman

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9. Slow-Walk The Mail-in Ballots

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Mar 23, 2026, 01:33 PM

8 hrs ago

If the SC decides that these ballots must be delivered to the Registrar of Voters by election day, what happens if Trump directs his Postmaster General to find ways to misdirect them or slow down delivery of them? There could be new orders to letter carriers to put them in "Special Ballot Tubs" for greater "election security." So many of them must not be counted by being past the deadline. Can this be targeted in certain precincts to Republican advantage? Or might it backfire as Republican ballots may not count as well?

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Supreme Court sounds skeptical of late-arriving ballots, a Trump target [View all] BumRushDaShow 9 hrs ago OP

Once it's submitted to the government i.e. the usps it should count Blues Heron 9 hrs ago #1

They'll have to square it with contract law bucolic_frolic 9 hrs ago #3

next step: ballots not final counted by midnight... ret5hd 9 hrs ago #2

Post Mark Works for the Taxes Every April Gorhamtowne 9 hrs ago #4

That is an excellent question. pandr32 9 hrs ago #6

USPS now says post marks may not be applied at the time of mailing DetroitLegalBeagle 8 hrs ago #8

So :-) Gorhamtowne 8 hrs ago #10

Worried about a "big stash of ballots arriving late" and maybe flipping an election Alito"? Bengus81 9 hrs ago #5

Not worried. Planning for quakerboy 8 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 9 hrs ago #7

Slow-Walk The Mail-in Ballots 2na fisherman 8 hrs ago #9

The IRS accepts PO proof of mailing as timely surfered 8 hrs ago #11

As stated in a comment above, this would seem to be unconstitutional as it is arbitrary Scalded Nun 7 hrs ago #13

If they allow the federal government to ban this... regnaD kciN 7 hrs ago #14

There's more stuff in the law Trump wants than just this newdeal2 3 hrs ago #16

Since Democratic voters are overall Mme. Defarge 6 hrs ago #15

Disenfranchising voters is a Republican thing Zorro 2 hrs ago #17

Wouldn't mailing in it three business days before Election Day make this matter moot? Polybius 1 hr ago #18