Oh that sucks.
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Anticipating an avalanche of absentee ballots, the U.S. Postal Service recently sent detailed letters to 46 states and D.C. warning that it cannot guarantee all ballots cast by mail for the November election will arrive in time to be counted ā adding another layer of uncertainty ahead of the high-stakes presidential contest.
The letters sketch a grim possibility for the tens of millions of Americans eligible for a mail-in ballot this fall: Even if people follow all of their stateās election rules, the pace of Postal Service delivery may disqualify their votes.
Trump is such a moron. If he was smart, heād wait til October to sabotage the post office.
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Iām still not understanding how mail-in voting is going to produce an āonslaughtā of mail. At most, its one piece of mail per person and virtually all of it is staying within the local community. That said, Iāll be dropping off my mail-in ballot in person, assuming I get my mail-in ballot by election day.
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Considering how much daily junk mail we all get, it truly is amazing this is even a thing.
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Thereās probably a MAGA movement to get all the deplorables to mail 1000 postcards in late October to clog up the USPS.
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskConservatives/comments/i9kz2p/-/g1g8ygn
How would mail in voting allow for more democrats to vote? Iām not like being rude I just canāt understand how. Wouldnāt it just allow more people to voteā¦?
Historically - it hasnāt.
But you need to look at everything that has happened to understand.
Republicans have spent decades gerrymandering and closing down polling places in non-gop friendly districts.
(I can go on)
And, historically, most states have required a valid reason to vote by mail. If you did not qualify for this reason, (having an overburdoned or extremely far polling place does not qualify), you were forced to vote in person. This disenfranchised a lot of voters.
But now, with mail-in voting being accepted in a majority of states, and even set as the primary method for a few with COVID present, it really screws things up for the GOP. Couple that with Trumpās gamble that convincing his voters the virus is no big deal will get them to the polls, while the scaredy cat democrats will stay home. So he spent a very long time building up this giant āvirus hoaxā to calm his masses. He is simultainously trying to train them to believe that mail-in voting is fraud, even though he, himself does so, as have many, many of his voters, historically.
It worked. But what he didnāt account for was states creating blanket acceptances of mail-in voting applications. That instantly turns the tables, because not only does it undo the removal of polling places, but it also allows the democrats (and the GOP, if they so choose) to vote from the safety and comfort of their homes while avoiding lines, saving time, and not risking COVID. His supporters, however, will be going to polling places in full force, in what will likely be a very bad time for the country as COVID starts to rear its face again between flu-season and school openings (especially in red states that are in denial and have entirely in-person classes).
So then, what happens, is a shit ton of his voters are going to be against voting by mail, and most will have not applied to do so, forcing them to go to the ballots, in what will most likely be a time that the pandemic is gaining speed. His advisors basically layed out the future for him of his dumbassery comments, and where they were leading. So, in recent weeks, youāve seen him compliment āabsentee votingā, trying to making it a completely seperate thing from āmail-in votingā, as not to look like an incompetant liar to his voters. But he knows his advantage still lies at the polling places, so he is simultainously trying to hinder the USPS from delivering ballots. The number of mail-in voting applications for democrats FAR surpasses those for republicans, so while it may cost him a few votes, he is betting that it will cost democrats so many that his supporters who do show up will be able to tip the scales. He is also taking the approach of preparing to call the election invalid due to the amount of mail-in voting, should he lose.
So the TL;DR - His plans backfired, now he is desperate to fix the situation he, himself caused by attempting to sabotage the USPS.
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https://twitter.com/DWUhlfelderLaw/status/1294460678112239618?s=20
This was the yahoo that made headlines the beginning of last month:
It makes no sense. The post office processes over 180 million pieces of mail a day. This onslaught makes no sense.
Would he cool if Trump lost AND everyone who voted for him got Covid. (To help with herd immunity)
Its not even like its being sent on the same day. Weāre talking about one piece of mail per voter (and obviously only a percentage of that) over the course of maybe a two to four week period?
This is obviously correct, but the engagement metrics are shit.
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How can I ever quit FB when my friends come up with pure gold like this?
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During Nevadaās all mail-in primary, ballots hit mailboxes each Friday over a period of about 5 weeks. The ballots started arriving about 2 weeks before predicted by the Secretary of State.
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Example 1???
Two, since the ballots have to be received and sent by each voter. But yeah. Trump has to have a way to target ballots more specifically. The requirement to pay first class postage rather than a bulk rate is one.