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cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/43133995

President Trump on Sunday threatened to not sign any bills into law until the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act is approved by the Senate, doubling down on his push to change voting requirements ahead of the midterm elections.

“I, as President, will not sign other Bills until this is passed, AND NOT THE WATERED DOWN VERSION – GO FOR THE GOLD: MUST SHOW VOTER I.D. & PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP: NO MAIL-IN BALLOTS EXCEPT FOR MILITARY – ILLNESS, DISABILITY…,” the president wrote in his Sunday morning Truth Social post.

If the president doesn’t sign a bill, it becomes law in 10 days. Sundays don’t count, and if congress adjourns during the period, it counts as a veto.

  • diverging@piefed.socialEnglish
    1015·
    9 hours ago

    research each proposal

    There’s nothing stopping you from researching each proposal before going to vote at a polling place. The items on the ballot are not secret.

    It’s very worrying to me how many times I have seen this.

    • greatwhitebuffalo41@piefed.socialEnglish
      15·
      7 hours ago

      I mean you CAN but it’s much nicer to do it from home with the ballot in front of you and really take your time. I don’t know why it’s concerning. I’ve done both, I prefer at home.

      • MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.world
        3·
        2 hours ago

        i mean, for as long as i can remember in california have they given us a sample ballot we can take in with us, now they just give us our real ballot too

      • diverging@piefed.socialEnglish
        48·
        6 hours ago

        This conversation is about the advantages of mail-in ballots. Being able to research ballots ahead of time is not an advantage of mail-in ballots. In either case, you can have the ballot in front of you (either a sample ballot or a real ballot) and you are able take all the time you need to do your researching.

        For someone to say that being able to research ballots ahead of time is an advantage of mail-in ballots suggests that there are people showing up polling places and realizing that they have no idea how they want to vote, resulting in them having to frantically research the issues and candidates on their phones at the polling booth or fill it out without being well informed. And that is worrying.

    • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      25·
      8 hours ago

      Yeah, and with mail-in I can take my time and do all of it at home. No need to try to memorize which way to vote on what or take some crib sheet with me.

      It’s a delight.

      • JasonDJ@lemmy.zip
        8·
        6 hours ago

        Especially when the questions are written in a way to make your second-guess your choice.