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Temporary suspension of acceptance of mail to the United States

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346 points Kye | 3 comments | 25 Aug 25 17:41 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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CalRobert ◴[25 Aug 25 18:04 UTC] No.45016817[source]▶
You can still send letters- this is a big deal but it’s not -quite- as bad as I first thought since my ballot is mailed in from abroad…
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jleyank ◴[25 Aug 25 18:06 UTC] No.45016853[source]▶
Remember, he’s ending mail-in ballots…
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westernmostcoy ◴[25 Aug 25 18:09 UTC] No.45016901[source]▶
That's not within his power to do.
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throw0101a ◴[25 Aug 25 18:15 UTC] No.45016988{3}[source]▶
> That's not within his power to do.

Trump has the power to do anything that people (especially Congress) does not push back against.

> 1. Do not obey in advance.

> Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, and then offer themselves without being asked. A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do.

* https://timothysnyder.org/on-tyranny

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Tyranny

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1. gruez ◴[25 Aug 25 18:22 UTC] No.45017103{4}[source]▶
>Trump has the power to do anything that people (especially Congress) does not push back against.

Elections are run at the state level, so it's not like Trump can direct state agencies to stop counting mail-in ballots. That said, the fact that elections are run at the state level, and the fact that only a handful of swing states matter means it only takes a few pliant election officials to change the outcome of the election. eg. if Georgia's governor caved in 2020.

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2. throw0101a ◴[25 Aug 25 18:51 UTC] No.45017505[source]▶
> Elections are run at the state level, so it's not like Trump can direct state agencies to stop counting mail-in ballots.

Trump asked Texas to redistrict that they were all for it.

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3. gruez ◴[25 Aug 25 19:02 UTC] No.45017637[source]▶
That's mentioned in the second part of my comment:

>it only takes a few pliant election officials to change the outcome of the election. eg. if Georgia's governor caved in 2020.