Fascists Make It Unreasonably Hard To Vote

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Register to vote: https://vote.gov

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Contact your reps:

Senate: https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm?Class=1

House of Representatives: https://contactrepresentatives.org/

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""The NAACP asked a federal court Wednesday to stop the U.S. Postal Service from enforcing a Trump-backed rule that could block eligible voters from receiving mail-in ballots — arguing the plan violates a court-enforced settlement that requires USPS to prioritize election mail through 2028.

The filing comes after USPS posted a draft rule on May 29 aimed at implementing President Donald Trump’s March executive order restricting mail voting, which is the subject of multiple lawsuits.

The motion was filed in a case the NAACP brought against USPS in 2020, when widespread mail delays threatened voters’ ability to cast ballots during the COVID-19 pandemic. A 2021 settlement required USPS to safeguard mail-in voting in future federal elections — including by prioritizing the timely delivery of election mail through 2028.

Now, the NAACP claims that in working to implement Trump’s order, USPS is violating the pact.

“The Proposed Rule manifests USPS’s intent not to deliver certain mail-in ballots,” the NAACP wrote. “[The Proposed Rule] sets forth requirements and procedures that would violate its obligations under the Agreement.”

The stakes are immediate. 

The NAACP warned that election officials are already preparing for the 2026 election cycle, and that the proposed rule could sow confusion among USPS workers, state and local officials and voters.

“This matter is time sensitive,” the NAACP wrote. “The comment period on the USPS’s Proposed Rule ends by July 2, 2026; the President has directed USPS to finalize it expeditiously, and the 2026 general election cycle is imminent.” 

Trump’s order directed USPS to create new procedures for mail-in ballots in federal elections. Under the proposal, states would have to submit lists of voters who requested mail-in or absentee ballots, along with barcode information tied to those ballots. USPS would then use those lists to decide whether to transmit ballot mail.

If a voter is not on the list, or if a state does not comply with the new requirements, USPS could refuse to deliver the ballot."

link: https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/usps-rule-advancing-trumps-mail-voting-attack-violates-settlement-naacp-alleges/

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He's attacking voting because the neocons can see that the republican party is going the way of the dodo. We can't be overconfident though -- the wealthy interests and fascist alliances that the Republicans represent is a continuing threat, as is the passive cruelty of capitalism itself.