Trump to delay the election

[Bear Stearns]

Many countries have talked of or enacted election delays, and the only one people dislike is the US because Trump bad.

It's almost like Trump is a massively and obviously corrupt person and people don't trust him to illegally delay an election for any reason except to keep himself in power.

That just sounds like paranoid fearmongering from idiots.

[Farnhamia]

There is nothing rational about your fears. Mail-in voting already happens routinely. It is not a new, never before tried idea, conceived purely for this election.

Literally don't care dweeb, voting is for chumps anyways.

*** Warned for flaming ***

[Drongonia]

It's almost like Trump is a massively and obviously corrupt person and people don't trust him to illegally delay an election for any reason except to keep himself in power.

I like it when people prove my points for me, it leaves me free to make other observations like the fact that the entire United States corporate-military-government system is corrupt and broken and Trump is barely a figurehead who has little say in what's going on.

[HC Eredivisie]

Vassenor coming in with the big-brain "source?" response already. It's only logical that the mailing system for ANYTHING is bound to be less reliable than literally handling it to the person meant to receive it.

But that's not how voting in person works. You don't vote in the count centre and hand your ballot to the person who's going to count it.

You actually put it in a box supervised by the persons who later are going to count the votes.

[Picairn]

That just sounds like paranoid fearmongering from idiots.

Have you been living under a rock? Trump suppressed a peaceful protest to get a photo op, the kind of thing that only happens in tin pot dictatorships.

[Ifreann]

But that's not how voting in person works. You don't vote in the count centre and hand your ballot to the person who's going to count it.

No, you don't. But the processes in place are better and more streamlined than the postal service.

So the government can be trusted to transport votes from the various polling places to the count centres, but can't be trusted to transport mail-in votes?

[Bear Stearns]

Haven't several European countries delayed elections because of the pandemic and everything went fine?

Several US states delayed their primary elections already. Where did people think this was all heading?

Many countries have talked of or enacted election delays, and the only one people dislike is the US because Trump bad.

Really makes you think

[Thermodolia]

Haven't several European countries delayed elections because of the pandemic and everything went fine?

Several US states delayed their primary elections already. Where did people think this was all heading?

Well it’s pretty hard to postpone the federal elections. And the president has zero authority to do so

[No State Here]

He can’t. /thread

[Vassenor]

Let's see the data then.

Vassenor coming in with the big-brain "source?" response already. It's only logical that the mailing system for ANYTHING is bound to be less reliable than literally handling it to the person meant to receive it. Not to mention all of the other people in this thread saying "haha idiot half the states already do it" as if that's meant to make it a good thing. Also, I don't know about the US, but other secure things such as IDs, passports and so on which are mailed to people are usually handled by couriers, not by just popping it in the post box (where I live, I should say).

Another thing is that I've seen the figure being thrown around that approximately 3% of mail getting lost in the system. 3% could literally swing an entire election. Even if its half of that, hell even if its a tenth, the entire election would be completely invalidated.

I don't actually support or care for democracy, but if you people really do - why would you rally in favour of a method of voting that increases the chances of leading to a tarnished outcome? Even if that increase in chance is minute, it still renders the process and thus the result, impure and invalid. Oh that's right, because Trump bad. No, I don't support Trump either but that's a whole other thread.

So you don't actually have any evidence beyond your fee-fees.

[Drongonia]

No, you don't. But the processes in place are better and more streamlined than the postal service.

So the government can be trusted to transport votes from the various polling places to the count centres, but can't be trusted to transport mail-in votes?

The government doesn't transport them, per se. I guess the USPS is an arm of the government but it doesn't have the same oversight that the electoral organisations have.

That just sounds like paranoid fearmongering from idiots.

Have you been living under a rock? Trump suppressed a peaceful protest to get a photo op, the kind of thing that only happens in tin pot dictatorships.

Have you ever seen something like a security summit or a diplomatic meeting? Hell, protests are broken up all the time to let leaders through, the world over.

[Thermodolia]

He can’t. /thread

Doesn’t mean he won’t try

[Fartsniffage]

Many countries have talked of or enacted election delays, and the only one people dislike is the US because Trump bad.

Really makes you think

Here you go.

https://www.idea.int/news-media/multime ... -elections

[Atheris]

Haven't several European countries delayed elections because of the pandemic and everything went fine?

Several US states delayed their primary elections already. Where did people think this was all heading?

Many countries have talked of or enacted election delays, and the only one people dislike is the US because Trump bad.

No, we don't like Trump trying to delay the election because POTUS doesn't have that authority.

[No State Here]

The OP’s title is very misleading as well, you may want to specify that the president doesn’t actually have the authority to delay elections, since that power is in the states.

[Drongonia]

Vassenor coming in with the big-brain "source?" response already. It's only logical that the mailing system for ANYTHING is bound to be less reliable than literally handling it to the person meant to receive it. Not to mention all of the other people in this thread saying "haha idiot half the states already do it" as if that's meant to make it a good thing. Also, I don't know about the US, but other secure things such as IDs, passports and so on which are mailed to people are usually handled by couriers, not by just popping it in the post box (where I live, I should say).

Another thing is that I've seen the figure being thrown around that approximately 3% of mail getting lost in the system. 3% could literally swing an entire election. Even if its half of that, hell even if its a tenth, the entire election would be completely invalidated.

I don't actually support or care for democracy, but if you people really do - why would you rally in favour of a method of voting that increases the chances of leading to a tarnished outcome? Even if that increase in chance is minute, it still renders the process and thus the result, impure and invalid. Oh that's right, because Trump bad. No, I don't support Trump either but that's a whole other thread.

So you don't actually have any evidence beyond your fee-fees.

Did you even read the spoiler? I already said I don't give a shit, it's just baffling to see people making retarded arguments that barely stand up, because "Trump bad".

[Thermodolia]

So the government can be trusted to transport votes from the various polling places to the count centres, but can't be trusted to transport mail-in votes?

The government doesn't transport them, per se. I guess the USPS is an arm of the government but it doesn't have the same oversight that the electoral organisations have.

USPS has congressional oversight though

[Vassenor]

So you don't actually have any evidence beyond your fee-fees.

Did you even read the spoiler? I already said I don't give a shit, it's just baffling to see people making retarded arguments that barely stand up, because "Trump bad".

Retarded arguments such as what?

[Drongonia]

Did you even read the spoiler? I already said I don't give a shit, it's just baffling to see people making retarded arguments that barely stand up, because "Trump bad".

Retarded arguments such as what?

You're not baiting me into going round and round in circles. You aren't worth my time, not tonight.

[No State Here]

He can’t. /thread

Doesn’t mean he won’t try

So? He literally just can’t. I don’t see why this is such an issue

[Drongonia]

Doesn’t mean he won’t try

So? He literally just can’t. I don’t see why this is such an issue

So much of the issue comes back to "because we don't like Trump"

[Picairn]

Have you ever seen something like a security summit or a diplomatic meeting? Hell, protests are broken up all the time to let leaders through, the world over.

Except that 1) This is for Trump to get his photo op, not for a diplomatic summit, 2) Protesters can still protest in public areas near the building where summits happen, and 3) This suppression used violent, brutal tactics i.e. shooting rubber bullets, smoke bombs, militarized agents going around beating protesters and even journalists.

[Drongonia]

Have you ever seen something like a security summit or a diplomatic meeting? Hell, protests are broken up all the time to let leaders through, the world over.

Except that 1) This is for Trump to get his photo op, not for a diplomatic summit, 2) Protesters can still protest in public areas near the building where summits happen, and 3) This suppression used violent, brutal tactics i.e. shooting rubber bullets, smoke bombs, militarized agents going around beating protesters and even journalists.

Well I can't really argue with you considering I support the actions in your 3rd point.

[Ifreann]

It's almost like Trump is a massively and obviously corrupt person and people don't trust him to illegally delay an election for any reason except to keep himself in power.

I like it when people prove my points for me, it leaves me free to make other observations like the fact that the entire United States corporate-military-government system is corrupt and broken and Trump is barely a figurehead who has little say in what's going on.

What relevance is that? Your point was that other countries have considered delaying elections, or actually delayed them, and have not received the same reaction as Trump's proposal to delay the presidential election. That would be because it is legal to delay elections in other countries, but not in America, and because in other countries people have some degree of confidence that a delayed election would not be an attempt by the government of the day to remain in power forever, a confidence that approximately no human being on Earth has with regards to Trump.

[Vassenor]

So? He literally just can’t. I don’t see why this is such an issue

So much of the issue comes back to "because we don't like Trump"

You're really not paying attention or you've been blinded by the TDS meme.