Trump vows to try banning mail-in voting before 2026 midterm elections

The states run their elections, the president has no say in this.

I voted by mail in 2020. It was super easy and convenient - which is why republicans hate it.

How about go fuck yourself you orange sack of shit.

It’s because his bestie Putin told him to

I've been using mail-in ballots for the past couple of elections, and I do believe my state would genuinely do their best to guarantee that vote is counted like they have in the past.

But the "states rights" party has been concentrating an unprecedented amount of power in the fed, such that I'd honestly be worried about Trump sending the military to my state capital just to forcefully throw any mail-in ballots out.

So for the next election, I am going back to in-person voting.

He's so dumb. Denouncing mail-in voting cost him in 2020 and they reversed course in 2024. Now they're against it again?

I think we should make voting mandatory.

If you want to ban mail in ballots, let's make sure you're doing it for the right reasons. Because you truly, yet incorrectly, believe that mail in ballots are insecure. Not because you're trying to suppress the votes of people who have a harder time making it to the ballot box.

If you want to prove that you're doing it for the right reasons, instead of the absolutely wicked reasons that you appear to be doing it for, then make voting mandatory at the same time. Make sure that each American gets to the ballot box because they are easily available and quick. Make voter registration automatic and track down every citizen to make sure that their voice is heard.

A reminder to our American friends, Trump is a symptom of 30 years of policies, you all had plenty of time to change things.

I think we've all accepted that he's "running" for a third term. No one is questioning that part of why he wants to do this. He's going to cheat again and also run for a third term, which is unconstitutional.

The 22nd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1951, limits a president to two terms in office. This rule was established following Franklin D. Roosevelt’s four-term presidency. Before this amendment, the two-term tradition was an unwritten rule, set by George Washington when he stepped down after his second term.

This is garbage. I love mail in voting and refuse to go back.

Why are politicians allowed to decide on voting rules on their own? In my country these matters are decided by an Electoral Comission, which is composed of public officials, with varied political affiliations. Changes to major rules must be approved by congress by a qualified majority (2/3 I believe).

I feel like this is shooting themselves in the foot a bit. During covid, maybe you could argue Dems were more likely to mail in vote due to there being a pandemic, but now? It's old people doing most of the mail-in votes. Old people are more likely to be Republicans.

OK so does he want to:

1. Distract attention
2. Corrupt the next election
3. something else suiting his needs?

Really lends credence to the theory that the last 3 elections were hacked and 2020 was an anomaly due to the high mail in vote not being as easy to manipulate due to hand counting. I'm so glad Trump will fix it so we'll never have to vote again.

Jesus, he’s looking old.