(iii) Proposed provisions specifying that the USPS shall not transmit mail-in or absentee ballots from any individual unless those individuals have been enrolled on a State-specific list described in subsection (b)(iv) of this section with the USPS pursuant to this subsection.

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    All this does for mail voters is require them to get their ballots earlier than usual. There are many reasons to hate Trump but this is not it.

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      Oh I’ll add it to the list. And its certainly a rule that will be used to throw out legal ballots.

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      Nah, it’s pure vote tampering, well-worth hating the Republican administration for. People will forget, people have busy lives, much more than people will decide to send in the ballot early and they know that. As a bonus it would no longer give people a deadline to convene around – will the ballot be delivered in two days? Three? What about a mail delay? Idk how you could see this as anything but despicable thuggery.

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          I don’t know what I wrote that indicates I care about who it favors, but that’s not the point. Mail-in voting increases voter turnout, so making mail-in voting harder or less accessible is vote suppression. Vote suppression is bad for democracy. That’s it.

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              And I’m saying that that’s a pretty meaningless observation to make, unless you’re trying to defend voter suppression.

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      If so, why bother doing it? He didn’t issue a pointless executive order, did he? … Maybe your interpretation is incorrect.

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      Okay, you know you need your ballot mailed to you right? So what happens when they mail it late??