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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Nate Silver has stated a few thoughts on the whole mail fracas
, including two important points:
- Thank the free press that the story of Trump manipulating the postal service in what looks like a blatant attempt to rig the upcoming election is on all front pages.
- If the right wing "news" don't cover this, it could favour Democrats at the actual vote, e.g by making Republican voters less diligent and thus more likely to lose their votes, or by reducing the partisan bias in using mail ballots.
I attended Boys' State, though in Massachusetts. It was a summer camp that tried to teach civics in place of what high school didn't, and it rapidly devolved into a popularity contest. So yeah, relevant to elections, certainly. It's just not really something new, or that unusual. I don't think there's too much to say about it.
It's been fun.Good thing my high school actually taught Civics. I don't like summer camp.
ASAB: All Sponsors Are Bad.Exclusive: UPS, FedEx warn they cannot carry ballots like U.S. Postal Service
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-ups-fedex-exclusive-idUSKCN25B00I
“State ballots must be postmarked to be considered valid and only the USPS has lawful postmarking status. Therefore UPS, FedEx and other private parties cannot technically be involved in shipping ballots,” UPS told Reuters in a statement.
“FedEx does accept individual ballots, and we advise that customers planning to return their ballots via FedEx should closely review their state’s guidelines on absentee voting and deadlines for ballots or related election documents,” FedEx said.
Edited by sgamer82 on Aug 15th 2020 at 11:28:08 AM
Among those supportive of having UPS, FedEx handle ballots, the Lincoln Project
. Yet another indication that they are not as benign as they want to appear, as privatizing the USPS has been a longstanding right-wing goal.
Edited by Eschaton on Aug 15th 2020 at 12:11:39 PM
@LSBK It probably depends. On one hand, there are certainly groups among the American right that want to privatize literally everything. On the other hand, I could also see some believe that Fed Ex and the like could be manipulated better than the government postal service.
Leviticus 19:34Pretty much. It sucks business away from for-profit entities despite not costing the taxpayer a cent unless they purchase from it.
"Yup. That tasted purple."Trump is telling people that mail-in voting is a sham and a hoax, which is discouraging Republican voters specifically from trying to obtain mail-in ballots.
Trump is sabotaging the USPS and FOX News is avoiding talking about it despite actual news services like CNN or CBS or Washington Post raising as many alarm bells as possible to inform everybody about what is happening.
Trump's activities seem like they have a very high chance of suppressing his own vote.
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You don't see how US teens practising for US politics by forming US-centric parties is related to US politics?
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