Whoomp, there it is! Suppress votes bigtime…
(including those of MAGAs who work…)
[Full disclosure: I don’t mind photo id for voting, so long as it can be readily obtained; some jurisdictions don’t have photo id other than for a license or passport -some people don’t drive and don’t want or need a passport.]
Trump signs order to overhaul federal elections process (link…)
Note that they roll this out just as the pushback by most is getting quite visible (see the Meidas Touch Town Hall montage -link…) They know if there is a REAL vote, it will be over for them. This is their Plan B that they always had in the can (Plan C is to call out the military to act as a domestic police if we start having riots in the streets…)
Of course, the Feds have no control over voting PROCEDURES (other than ones that completely block voters, like poll taxes and tests,); per the Constitution, that is all dictated by the States. But no matter to some people who want to do a coup against the Constitution! (I found it so laughable when Vance said at the Repub Convention that they would protect “The Republic”, and I laugh heartily now…)
Expect A LOT of State court fights. Hats off to those who designed the Constitution! Not having uniform procedures was a feature, not a bug; it makes it much harder now to institute vote-suppressing features with a decree by a central authoritarian.
[I know how to address the voter id issue, but I’d rather not discuss it here on this open forum and then Rethuglicans go about closing the option down before it is even enabled.]