cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/42694823

Trump has no power to “decree” that voters must present ID or to end mail-in balloting. But that doesn’t mean he can’t at least try both. Under the Insurrection Act or some other dusty statute, he can declare a state of emergency. Then he can decide that said state permits, nay requires, him to take extraordinary measures. On October 5, say, that might mean outlawing early voting. By October 13, it might mean no mail-in voting. By October 29, a reminder that all voters must present ID to vote. And by Sunday, November 1, two days before the election—an announcement that all these “reasonable” measures have alas failed, and he is now forced, against his will, to postpone the election.

  • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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    24 hours ago

    Yeah, we’ve thought of that, and we may have to. I wonder what that does to all the things we’ve done together in the last 30+ years. If we get married now, does that mean that we weren’t married before, making all our legal paperwork for mortgages, loans, credit card, etc. fraudulent?

    It sounds dumb, but if the government decides to target someone, and they uncover this “marriage fraud scheme,” they could use it to really clobber someone, if they wanted to. We’ve seen where MAGA loves to exploit loopholes like this.