silence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTrump Signs Order Calling for Citizenship Proof to Vote in Federal Electionswww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1186arrow-down12file-text
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minus-squarejust_another_person@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up60arrow-down1·2 months agoThe Federal government doesn’t control how people vote in states. Good luck with that bullshit.
minus-squareArbiter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up40arrow-down1·2 months agoRed states are going to bend over backwards for daddy Trump to fuck them with this.
minus-squarejust_another_person@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·2 months agoIt doesn’t matter. They are the minority, especially by government.
minus-squaregravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·edit-22 months agoThey are not a minority in an electoral college sense, and that is an intentional aspect of the electoral college.
minus-squarejust_another_person@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoElectoral college has nothing to do with how states conduct their own elections the federal gets no say in that.
minus-squareUltraMagnus0001@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoThere are more red states than electorals I think.
minus-squareVenus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·2 months ago“Obey!” “No.” “Obey or we’ll cut funding for xyz!” “Okidoki :3” It’s not hard to predict at this point and so far it’s been mostly effective. I know it’s daunting but you can’t rely on checks and balances to get the US out of this mess.
minus-squareSixty@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·2 months agoScenario: Trump throws out any votes they deem “invalid.”
minus-squarejust_another_person@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoStates decide the vote tally
The Federal government doesn’t control how people vote in states. Good luck with that bullshit.
Red states are going to bend over backwards for daddy Trump to fuck them with this.
It doesn’t matter. They are the minority, especially by government.
They are not a minority in an electoral college sense, and that is an intentional aspect of the electoral college.
Electoral college has nothing to do with how states conduct their own elections the federal gets no say in that.
There are more red states than electorals I think.
“Obey!”
“No.”
“Obey or we’ll cut funding for xyz!”
“Okidoki :3”
It’s not hard to predict at this point and so far it’s been mostly effective. I know it’s daunting but you can’t rely on checks and balances to get the US out of this mess.
Scenario: Trump throws out any votes they deem “invalid.”
States decide the vote tally