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Eliot Rosewater

(34,324 posts)
Thu Jun 11, 2026, 07:25 PM Jun 11

Postal Service won't deliver mail ballots for states that don't hand over voter lists, under plan for Trump directive

https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/10/politics/postal-service-deliver-mail-in-ballots


Which means you will not be getting a ballot let alone be able to mail it back. If you’re in a blue state and they refused to bow to the piece of shit, you’ll only be able to vote in person which in some places will be impossible because of the lines or because you have to work etc.

If only some folks had not held their nose and made sure everybody knew they were holding their nose goddamnit🤬


State election officials could soon face a stark choice: Hand over voter lists to the Trump administration or risk losing Postal Service delivery for mail-in ballots
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Postal Service won't deliver mail ballots for states that don't hand over voter lists, under plan for Trump directive (Original Post) Eliot Rosewater Jun 11 OP
Will this survive canetoad Jun 11 #1
With the most corrupt SCOTUS in history.... It likely will. yourout Jun 11 #4
Already survived one according to the article. Eliot Rosewater Jun 11 #5
Another lawsuit................. Lovie777 Jun 11 #2
Kick dalton99a Jun 11 #3
Kick Eliot Rosewater Jun 11 #6
Extrapolating this it's basically taxation without KPN Jun 11 #7
Eight states currently have mail only voting VMA131Marine Jun 11 #8
Relying on the Supreme Court or any MAGA judge to do the right thing the patriotic Eliot Rosewater Jun 12 #14
California has both in person and mail-in ITAL Jun 12 #18
So that means 80% of people won't get to vote. LisaL Jun 12 #21
I agree this is dumb ITAL Jun 12 #22
My state of OH turned all the voter information to Trump already. LisaL Jun 12 #25
Only two have zero vote in person ITAL Jun 12 #27
Even if they have bones in place, it's not easy LisaL Jun 12 #29
I don't know how it is moonscape Jun 12 #34
That would mean instead of 1000 people voting at a particular Eliot Rosewater Saturday #36
I mean we do have two weeks of early in person voting ITAL Saturday #39
That seems to deny some folk the equal protection of the laws struggle4progress Jun 11 #9
See you in court, asshole. spanone Jun 11 #10
This message was self-deleted by its author spanone Jun 11 #11
TACO Boo1 Jun 11 #12
It's already done. Eliot Rosewater Jun 12 #13
And then they will fold Boo1 Jun 12 #17
Yea, lets just ignore all this. LisaL Jun 12 #23
I said not to worry about it Boo1 Jun 12 #31
If this doesn't get stopped, maybe there will be a lot more... LAS14 Jun 12 #15
Just imagine almost nobody in a blue state being able to vote Eliot Rosewater Jun 12 #16
I really don;t understand how the delivery of mail depends on a state decision to obey 31j20b3 Jun 12 #19
Trump is ordering it. LisaL Jun 12 #20
Yes, I should have said I think there is no acceptable logic supporting 31j20b3 Jun 12 #24
I think their logic is that Trump doesn't want to give up power. LisaL Jun 12 #26
Well, all the logic he needs, misses what the rest of us expect 31j20b3 Jun 12 #30
He also knows he will lose a free and fair election. sheshe2 Jun 12 #32
Thank you, knowing that what do you think that piece of shit and the other pieces of shit Eliot Rosewater Saturday #38
F**K this LOSER vapor2 Jun 12 #28
This has to do with states rights videohead5 Jun 12 #33
And yet we all know at least five of the Nazis on the Supreme Court Eliot Rosewater Saturday #37
Isn't this a felony? LoisB Jun 12 #35

Eliot Rosewater

(34,324 posts)
5. Already survived one according to the article.
Thu Jun 11, 2026, 07:35 PM
Jun 11

Any judge that stops it from happening they will appeal that until they get to the Supreme Court and we know what will happen there.

I’ve tried to warn people about the other things are going to do in November like surround minority areas with ICE and instruct every red district and state do not certify any election Republicans lose etc. and now this are you kidding me🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

KPN

(17,579 posts)
7. Extrapolating this it's basically taxation without
Thu Jun 11, 2026, 08:21 PM
Jun 11

representation. America has been there before.

VMA131Marine

(5,375 posts)
8. Eight states currently have mail only voting
Thu Jun 11, 2026, 09:18 PM
Jun 11

California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Vermont, and Washington – conduct what is commonly referred to as an all-mail election, or universal mail-in voting.

I imagine they will all sue to overturn this and they should win easily. States get to set their own election rules and there’s nothing in the Constitution that says they have to give up the identity of all their voters to the Federal Government.

Finally, how does USPS filter out the mail-in ballots in the first place? Seems like they should carry some legal liability for withholding lawfully posted mail. Not to mention there are numerous ways ballot envelopes could be disguised if necessary.

Eliot Rosewater

(34,324 posts)
14. Relying on the Supreme Court or any MAGA judge to do the right thing the patriotic
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 12:12 PM
Jun 12

thing is a problem.

They won’t allow the ballot to be sent to you nor for you to return it by mail.

ITAL

(1,430 posts)
22. I agree this is dumb
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 01:53 PM
Jun 12

And hopefully it can be stopped. However, perhaps with this much lead time, people will be made aware they need to vote in person. I was just saying that we DO have in person voting apparatus in place, so it's not like the state would be building from nothing.

LisaL

(47,956 posts)
25. My state of OH turned all the voter information to Trump already.
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 01:55 PM
Jun 12

But there are blue states that won't, and some of them are only voting by mail.

ITAL

(1,430 posts)
27. Only two have zero vote in person
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 02:03 PM
Jun 12

Washington and Oregon have no in-person options. So they're gonna have to scramble to re-invent precincts, etc. if it goes in Trump's favor in the courts. All the others have in-person options, even if most use mail-in currently. So, at least there are the bones in place to run in-person elections.

LisaL

(47,956 posts)
29. Even if they have bones in place, it's not easy
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 02:12 PM
Jun 12

to have it all set up in a short period of time.

moonscape

(5,817 posts)
34. I don't know how it is
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 02:49 PM
Jun 12

in the rest of California, but here on the Central Coast I have always voted in person, and have never waited more than one minute to vote. We have so many polling places near me. With early in-person voting and the infrastructure in place, my liberal coastal area could accommodate a 5-fold increase. But we’re one of the lucky ones.

Eliot Rosewater

(34,324 posts)
36. That would mean instead of 1000 people voting at a particular
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 03:11 PM
Saturday

Precinct, It’ll be 8 to 10,000, half of them will never be able to end up actually voting or they will give up and just leave. This is insane. 🤬

ITAL

(1,430 posts)
39. I mean we do have two weeks of early in person voting
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 03:20 PM
Saturday

I'd hope it wouldn't be that dire.

Response to Eliot Rosewater (Original post)

Eliot Rosewater

(34,324 posts)
13. It's already done.
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 12:10 PM
Jun 12

Pretty sure the article says the USPS is setting it up now, unless it gets before a patriotic judge, this will happen.

And if it gets before a judge who still cares about the Constitution and prevents it from happening they will appeal it to the next court and the next court until they get to you know where, anybody here gonna promise me the Supremes won’t do the unthinkable here?

Boo1

(590 posts)
31. I said not to worry about it
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 02:21 PM
Jun 12

I didnt say to ignore it. And what if I did? Are you personally planning to do something about it? Are you the attorney general of one of these states?

LAS14

(15,576 posts)
15. If this doesn't get stopped, maybe there will be a lot more...
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 12:12 PM
Jun 12

... Republican mail-in voters than Democrat. Why does Trump think this will benefit him?

Eliot Rosewater

(34,324 posts)
16. Just imagine almost nobody in a blue state being able to vote
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 12:14 PM
Jun 12

It’s the chaos and nightmare that’s coming in November whether they do it this way or another way with surrounding minority areas with ICE and the obvious that nobody is talking about that he will order all red districts and states to not certify any election the Republicans lose.

31j20b3

(39 posts)
19. I really don;t understand how the delivery of mail depends on a state decision to obey
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 01:42 PM
Jun 12

a Trump mandate

Across my life I have sent and received international mail from places the US didn't maintain a good relationship with. Near the end of my career I maintained professional contacts with Russian biologists for over a decade, despite my colleagues and administrators (in Arkansas) feeling that I was somehow a bad citizen for such.

Free exchange of opinion and information is CENTRAL to the notion of living in a society that is OPEN TO NEW INFORMATION. New information is THE THING that moves American Society toward progressive outcomes.

31j20b3

(39 posts)
24. Yes, I should have said I think there is no acceptable logic supporting
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 01:54 PM
Jun 12

Trump's decision to do this

LisaL

(47,956 posts)
26. I think their logic is that Trump doesn't want to give up power.
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 01:56 PM
Jun 12

That's all the logic he needs.

31j20b3

(39 posts)
30. Well, all the logic he needs, misses what the rest of us expect
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 02:13 PM
Jun 12

by at least the range of a longbow at Agincourt (aka Azincourt)

Eliot Rosewater

(34,324 posts)
38. Thank you, knowing that what do you think that piece of shit and the other pieces of shit
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 03:16 PM
Saturday

Around him like Bannon and Miller and Kushner are willing to do to not lose power and not go to jail?

I think I know, the unthinkable.

Let’s start with ordering all red states and all red districts in blue states to not certify any election Republicans lose, you know the entire party will obey.

Also let’s send ICE to surround any high minority voting area.

And as we know let’s not let anybody vote by mail.

November is going to be the most chaotic and likely violent month in American history outside of the Civil War.

And practically nobody is gonna talk about this and then it’s just gonna happen.

I remember being cut off when I said the 2024 election was hacked by musk, I remember being laughed at when I said Trump was an actual traitor. Didn’t I understand the meaning of that word etc.🤬

videohead5

(3,029 posts)
33. This has to do with states rights
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 02:35 PM
Jun 12

I just don't see how even SCOTUS could let this stand. The people of Oregon could not vote if they allow this. It's interfering with state rights.

Eliot Rosewater

(34,324 posts)
37. And yet we all know at least five of the Nazis on the Supreme Court
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 03:14 PM
Saturday

Will do anything the piece of shit tells them to do. Anything

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