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The Meanings of #Voting for #Citizens: A #Scientific Challenge, a Portrait, and Implications

https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/161220

A Tarrant County resident who has worked as an election judge criticized the county’s move to cut more than 100 polling sites.

“You’re not saving money,” she said. “You’re sacrificing democracy to save a buck.”

https://www.propublica.org/article/tarrant-county-texas-polling-sites-early-voting-cuts?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

A quotation from Franklin Roosevelt

Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves — and the only way they could do this is by not voting.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) American lawyer, politician, statesman, US President (1933-1945)
Radio Broadcast (1944-10-05)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/roosevelt-franklin-d…

"Republicans poured tens of millions of dollars last year into convincing their voters that casting ballots by mail was safe ...And it worked, with GOP voters closing or even reversing the mail voting gap with Democrats in several states. But now #Trump is attacking mail voting again ..., scrambling a strategy Republicans effectively used to bank millions of votes in 2024."

Steve Benen for MSNBC https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trumps-crusade-mail-ballots-isnt-republicans-favors-rcna225844
#Voting #USPolitics

The congressional seat in Texas’ 18th District, a hub of Black political power, has been vacant for months. Redistricting could further disrupt representation for its voters.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/voting/2025/08/20/529059/how-texas-mid-decade-redistricting-could-affect-voters-in-one-houston-community/

"Trump wants to end mail-in voting. Oregon Democrats say he can’t"

https://www.opb.org/article/2025/08/18/vote-by-mail-trump-oregon-washington/

Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read said Trump “is clearly actively working to corrupt our elections.”

So ridiculous! Oregon has had #VoteAtHome aka #VoteByMail (ballots can be returned by mail or drop box) for more than 25 years!

If it's easy to vote, #trump loses.
If he restricts the vote because he's a cheating loser chump, he wins.

Trump is a scared criminal doing everything to stay out of prison like his Israeli pal #genocide #Bibby

You tell me what side the founding fathers would be on.

#trump
#loser
#voting
#donaldtrumpisafascist
#rapist

#TrumpVIrus #fascism next step ahead...

> White House Gives Update on Trump's Plan to 'Eliminate' Mail-In Voting

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-mail-voting-update-election-leavitt-2115877

> "When Congress comes back to Washington, I'm sure there will be many discussions with our friends on Capitol Hill and also our friends in state legislatures to ensure that we're protecting the integrity of the vote."

From #LawrenceBritt's #CharacteristicsOfFascism

14. #FraudulentElections
Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by #SmearCampaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control #voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.

#Trump says he will lead 'movement' to end #MailInVoting

Trump said he'll begin his efforts by signing an executive order.

By Hannah Demissie
August 18, 2025

"The Constitution gives power to state legislatures to determine the 'times, places and manner; of holding elections, subject to acts of Congress that regulate the process."

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-lead-movement-end-mail-voting/story?id=124737903&utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

#Nazi #Trump and Nazi #Putin don't like #voting

Is this really news?

We didn't already know this?

August 2025 Sees #Newsmax TV Network Finally Agree to Pay $67 Million #Defamation $ettlement To #Dominion #Voting Systems Over Broadcasts Of November 2020 #Election Count Lies.

Dominion, a #VotingMachines mfgr, previously settled a defamation suit against #RupertMurdoch's #FauxNews #PropagandaMachine for $787 million.

Similar #Smartmatic Case Still Active Against NewsMax #Propagandists In Delaware. #FoxNews has been sued for $2.7 billion over the right-wing network’s airing of baseless conspiracy theories against #SmartMatic whose machines also were used in the 2020 election tally.

https://www.npr.org/2025/08/18/nx-s1-5506062/newsmax-pays-67-million-to-settle-defamation-case-linked-to-2020-election-coverage

https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/23/media/smartmatic-newsmax-lawsuit

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/newsmax-settlement-dominion/2025/08/18/id/1222903/

The EO isn't posted yet on Whitehouse.gov but in Trump's rambling this morning he talked about how much he hates mail in voting and said the EO is being written by "very smart attorneys". Alina Habba??

Well, that explains it.

(Maybe in their car rides together at the “summit” )

“Worth noting: Trump claimed the states are merely ‘an agent’ for the federal government in tabulating votes and must do what the president tells them.”

#USA #putin #trump #elections #voting

~ Trump raises end to mail-in ballots after claiming Putin questioned their security ~

https://www.axios.com/2025/08/18/trump-mail-in-voting-putin

"WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald #Trump pledged on Monday to issue an executive order to end the use of #mail-in ballots and voting machines ahead of the 2026 midterm elections."

By Jarrett Renshaw and Susan Heavey https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-says-sign-order-targeting-113042243.html
#Voting #USPolitics

And once again - #trump shatters the last line of democracy in America - announced of course on his #socialmedia #truthsocial - there will be immediate appeals. #Trump announced he will issue #executiveorder to #eliminate #MailInBallots & #voting machines ahead of 2026 midterm #elections arguing they are vulnerable 2 #fraud, Democrats warn this would disenfranchise #voters & #legal experts stress that states, not president, have authority over election administration—#maga #democracy #elections

In a Houston neighborhood near the city’s port, residents worry their problems — and their votes — will be unheard if Texas state lawmakers go ahead with a mid-decade congressional redistricting plan.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/08/14/528598/how-one-houston-neighborhood-could-fare-under-texas-proposed-new-congressional-map/