Merged 2026 Mid-Term election outcomes: US Congress

[Resume]

Yeah, no.

WASHINGTON, Aug 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. Postal Service published a final rule late on Friday to tighten requirements for mail-in voting ahead of the November congressional elections, despite a court order blocking the changes from ‌taking effect.
USPS said it was issuing its 95-page rule so it could take immediate effect if a court lifted its injunctions on it and be in place for the upcoming election. Under the rule, USPS would not deliver ballots in states that do not comply with the rule's new standards.

USPS' final rule requires states to provide lists of voters who received mailed ballots to the agency.
Last week, ⁠U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston blocked USPS from adopting those rules ordered by President Donald Trump ahead of the November elections that will decide control of Congress.
Trump, a Republican, signed his executive order in March after years of calling for tighter rules on voting by mail and pushing the false claim that his 2020 election defeat was the result of widespread voter fraud.
The rule, which was posted late on Friday, will be formally published on August 26 but USPS will take no action to implement the order unless a court lifts the injunction. USPS declined to comment citing the ongoing litigation. The White House did not immediately comment.

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[Trebuchet]

Republicans -- who are no longer the Republican Party of yore -- know they can't win honestly. So they have to cheat. Hence all the redistricting and this.

 

[PitPat]

And they're doing it so brazenly and unapologetically. Shameless. History will not be kind to them during the Trump era.

 

[Resume]

Republicans -- who are no longer the Republican Party of yore -- know they can't win honestly. So they have to cheat. Hence all the redistricting and this.

I've been registered to vote for 50 years now, and have voted by mail for the last three elections. Send me my ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ mail ballot you ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊.

 

[The Atheist]

And they're doing it so brazenly and unapologetically. Shameless. History will not be kind to them during the Trump era.

That's conditional on them not fulfilling Trump's statement that Republicans would never need to vote again.

If he overturns or manipulates this election to ensure they don't lose both houses, he'll probably be right.

 

[PitPat]

That's conditional on them not fulfilling Trump's statement that Republicans would never need to vote again.

If he overturns or manipulates this election to ensure they don't lose both houses, he'll probably be right.

I don't think there's anything he could do to overturn the election. Whether it's a blue wave or tsunami the people wouldn't stand for it. Doesn't mean they won't try - hell, might even be some protest violence, but it won't succeed. A lot of people think that there's some sort of loophole mechanism for bypassing the will of the voters. They tried on Jan 6 and failed just like they'd fail again.

 

[Brainster]

Yeah, no.




◊◊◊◊ this.

Not as bad as it sounds at first blush:

Under the rule, if it takes effect, USPS will not collect or record party affiliation and will not inspect ballot contents, and postal workers are not authorized to open mail sealed against inspection. USPS will maintain data from the exterior of the envelope, including ⁠address and barcode information.

 

[Resume]

Not as bad as it sounds at first blush:

I re-iterate, ◊◊◊◊ that. I am a legal registered voter, have been for 50 years, have been legally voting by mail for the last three national elections . . .you don't need my information for any reason; you already have it. Send me my mail ballot you untrustworthy, cheesy corrupt, cheating mother ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊.

ETA: Voting rights are the most fundamental of all rights along with those enumerated in the 1st amendment. Our elected morons should be making voting simpler not more difficult; if we can't pass realistic gun control measures* after yet another massacre of school children, we certainly shouldn't be making things more difficult to cast a ballot because of statistically insignificant alleged instances of "voter fraud." This is nothing more than fear-mongering from the party that knows it's going to get its ass kicked in November, and from the idiot President that fears the reckoning that is headed his way.

◊◊◊◊ him and that.

*I am a gun owner.

 

[Norman Alexander]

Not as bad as it sounds at first blush:

Pointless added work for already WAY overstressed and overworked USPS staff. And doesn't this fall under laws preventing spammers collecting peoples' personal info without their knowledge and approval?

 

[AmyStrange]

Pointless added work for already WAY overstressed and overworked USPS staff. And doesn't this fall under laws preventing spammers collecting peoples' personal info without their knowledge and approval?

Not to mention the delay in getting the ballots to their destination, and correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm assuming they are going to scan in all the mail-in-ballot envelopes they come across. That's going to take time.

 

[Brainster]

I re-iterate, ◊◊◊◊ that. I am a legal registered voter, have been for 50 years, have been legally voting by mail for the last three national elections . . .you don't need my information for any reason; you already have it. Send me my mail ballot you untrustworthy, cheesy corrupt, cheating mother ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊.

Which according to the snippet I posted from the article you linked, you are going to get. So now we're reduced to talking about the poor, over-worked Post Office employees, sitting there manually scanning every envelope on the one network printer.

 

[Norman Alexander]

Not to mention the delay in getting the ballots to their destination, because correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm assuming they are going to scan in all the mail-in-ballot envelopes they come across. That's going to take time.

I take it this data collection is only for outbound ballot envelopes, going from the state voting authorities to the voters. So the USPS, and by inference the Trump admin and GOP, are basically collecting the states' individual voter mailing data anyway, even though they have been told by federal courts at least 20 times they must not do so.

CHICAGO, IL: A federal judge in the Central District of Illinois ruled Friday that Illinois is not required to share sensitive registered voter data with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), finding that the government’s broad demand for Illinois’ voters confidential information runs afoul of federal law.

This decision marks the 19th consecutive federal court ruling nationwide rejecting the DOJ’s attempts to capture unredacted state voter rolls.

Federal Court Rejects Trump Administration Attempt to Obtain Illinois’ Sensitive Voter Data | American Civil Liberties Union

Court ruling mirrors others in various states blocking DOJ efforts to overreach

www.aclu.org

Further, it is only voter names and addresses (unless states put personal recipient data on the front of outbound envelopes??!) But from this sparse info the Trump admin are going to try to identify "illegal" and other "non-eligible voters". I doubt that...very much. If they do, it will likely be based solely on their names - Smith versus Cortez, or Chang, or Hussein. Racism at its worst.

 

[Resume]

Which according to the snippet I posted from the article you linked, you are going to get. So now we're reduced to talking about the poor, over-worked Post Office employees, sitting there manually scanning every envelope on the one network printer.

Only if the state provides the cheaters the vote by mail info, which as far as I know, my state is not going to do. I've already been vetted and there is no ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ reason for my state to give the cheaters any further info.

The DoJ does not in any way need my info, nor are they entitled to it. Since I am a long-term registered voter, they can as far as I'm concerned, go ◊◊◊◊ their face, and the courts agree with me.

 

[AmyStrange]

Can you imagine the number of people that would have to be involved in this voter scam CT (hundreds if not thousands) and not one of them has blown the whistle. That's very hard to believe.

More proof that the fat clown and his maga weirdoes are just plain stupid, but that's just my opinion.

Your mileage may vary of course.

 

[The_Animus]

According to Google AI, Liberty Vote (formerly Dominion) serves over 25% of registered voters over 27 states and is owned by former Republican election official Scott Leiendecker. After buying Dominion he rebranded to Liberty Vote and adopted conservative election integrity language.

ES&S controls 50% of US election equipment market. Hart Intercivic controls 15%. Both have ties to Republicans.

I'm not saying there is evidence of vote manipulation. But I am saying that this President, his administration, and the Republican party in general seem to be willing to do just about anything to stay in power. Why wouldn't this be another tool in their tool kit? Maybe this time around Trump doesn't have to call and try to get Georgia to find him more votes, the machines can just flip 6,000 votes.

 

[The Atheist]

I don't think there's anything he could do to overturn the election.

You do realise we're talking about a bloke who attempted to stage an actual coup d'etat in 2020?

Whether it's a blue wave or tsunami the people wouldn't stand for it.

You mean how the people didn't allow Dubbya's SCOTUS-led steal?

Doesn't mean they won't try - hell, might even be some protest violence, but it won't succeed. A lot of people think that there's some sort of loophole mechanism for bypassing the will of the voters. They tried on Jan 6 and failed just like they'd fail again.

They're far better organised now. Jan 6 was Trump calling a few thousand redneck morons to heel. This time he has the DoJ, the armed forces and SCOTUS deep in his pocket.

If he decides to disallow winning votes, who the hell is going to stop him? Dudalb's civil war 2.0?

The first tactic will be to rig the election, but if that fails he will try any tactic, because losing means he will be held to account for his crimes.

 

[Flo]

You do realise we're talking about a bloke who attempted to stage an actual coup d'etat in 2020?



You mean how the people didn't allow Dubbya's SCOTUS-led steal?



They're far better organised now. Jan 6 was Trump calling a few thousand redneck morons to heel. This time he has the DoJ, the armed forces and SCOTUS deep in his pocket.

If he decides to disallow winning votes, who the hell is going to stop him? Dudalb's civil war 2.0?

The first tactic will be to rig the election, but if that fails he will try any tactic, because losing means he will be held to account for his crimes.

Inasmuch as he's able to envision ever having to be held to account for anything, I suspect the worse for him would be to stop being the World's Top Biggest Dog, and of course being unable to keep pilfering money from the state.

 

[Solitaire]

The DSA platform is laughable:

It's not a platform. It literally says at the top of the page, it's a program.

Here's the Democratic Party Platform for contrast.


Notice the difference.


In the Democratic Platform they talk about the history of housing, they give the scope of the problem, they mention specific policies they will implement, they contrast with the other party's approach, and they spend a good page and a half on the details.

In the DSA Program you get no details. How much social housing will they build? And where will they build it? What will it cost? And of all things, why do you need to control rent, if you got public housing?

It not a political party trying to solve problems. It's a just social group talking about issues with a few, very few, members in the government.

 

[The Atheist]

Guardian sounds a warning:

Trump’s continued distrust in election integrity has experts eyeing his next move

President’s speech, declassification of documents and heightened claims of noncitizen voting have experts concerned

www.theguardian.com

 

[jimbob]

Guardian sounds a warning:

Trump’s continued distrust in election integrity has experts eyeing his next move

President’s speech, declassification of documents and heightened claims of noncitizen voting have experts concerned

www.theguardian.com

Least surprising story ever.

Of course he's going to see if he can steal the election and see if he can be president for a third term. Because he doesn't think rules should apply to him