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#WhiteHouse announces #ExecutiveOdor creator #Drumpf to sign sweeping #ExecutiveOrder to bar and complicate mail-in #voting. Despite using mail in voting himself, #DJT joined #RWNJ efforts to restrict #votingaccess and hopes to affect likely dire #GOP results expected in 2026 midterms.

New executive order will create an #ExecBranch controlled list of confirmed #citizens who are eligible and #mandates that any #absentee #ballots only be sent to those on #DrumpfAdmin approved list.

https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/ltrump-sign-executive-order-mail-in-voting/

#WhiteHouse announces #ExecutiveOdor creator #Drumpf to sign sweeping #ExecutiveOrder to bar and complicate mail-in #voting. Despite using mail in voting himself, #DJT joined #RWNJ efforts to restrict #votingaccess and hopes to affect likely dire #GOP results expected in 2026 midterms.

New executive order will create an #ExecBranch controlled list of confirmed #citizens who are eligible and #mandates that any #absentee #ballots only be sent to those on #DrumpfAdmin approved list.

https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/ltrump-sign-executive-order-mail-in-voting/

#WhiteHouse announces #ExecutiveOdor creator #Drumpf to sign sweeping #ExecutiveOrder to bar and complicate mail-in #voting. Despite using mail in voting himself, #DJT joined #RWNJ efforts to restrict #votingaccess and hopes to affect likely dire #GOP results expected in 2026 midterms.

New executive order will create an #ExecBranch controlled list of confirmed #citizens who are eligible and #mandates that any #absentee #ballots only be sent to those on #DrumpfAdmin approved list.

https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/ltrump-sign-executive-order-mail-in-voting/

#WhiteHouse announces #ExecutiveOdor creator #Drumpf to sign sweeping #ExecutiveOrder to bar and complicate mail-in #voting. Despite using mail in voting himself, #DJT joined #RWNJ efforts to restrict #votingaccess and hopes to affect likely dire #GOP results expected in 2026 midterms.

New executive order will create an #ExecBranch controlled list of confirmed #citizens who are eligible and #mandates that any #absentee #ballots only be sent to those on #DrumpfAdmin approved list.

https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/ltrump-sign-executive-order-mail-in-voting/

#WhiteHouse announces #ExecutiveOdor creator #Drumpf to sign sweeping #ExecutiveOrder to bar and complicate mail-in #voting. Despite using mail in voting himself, #DJT joined #RWNJ efforts to restrict #votingaccess and hopes to affect likely dire #GOP results expected in 2026 midterms.

New executive order will create an #ExecBranch controlled list of confirmed #citizens who are eligible and #mandates that any #absentee #ballots only be sent to those on #DrumpfAdmin approved list.

https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/ltrump-sign-executive-order-mail-in-voting/

An absentee leader can be just as bad as one who micromanages employees. A leader needs to find the sweet spot between those two for effective management/leadership. Employees need guidance & support, but too much or too little can be damaging. #absentee #micromanaging #leader #effective #sweetspot

An absentee leader can be just as bad as one who micromanages employees. A leader needs to find the sweet spot between those two for effective management/leadership. Employees need guidance & support, but too much or too little can be damaging. #absentee #micromanaging #leader #effective #sweetspot

#MaineQuestion1 is a good reason to vote in an "off-year" election (you know, when the sneaky types try and pass shit!).

#Mainers like #AbsenteeVoting. Question 1 would make that option harder.

The November referendum has been framed around requiring #VoterID, but it also includes a host of changes to absentee voting.

Rachel Ohm, August 24, 2025

Excerpt: "#MaineVoters have come to increasingly rely on absentee or #MailInBallots — a practice that is routinely targeted by #Republicans politicians as rife with potential fraud, even though evidence doesn’t support that.

"During last year’s presidential election, almost half of all votes cast were absentee. The latest citizen-initiated proposal would make that more difficult.
If passed, it would prohibit voters from requesting absentee ballots by phone, and would require older Mainers and those with disabilities to renew their eligibility each year. The proposal also would limit the number of #DropBoxes municipalities are allowed to have and prohibit them from including prepaid return postage."

Read more:
https://www.pressherald.com/2025/08/21/question-1-would-make-changes-to-absentee-voting-an-option-mainers-increasingly-like/

Archived version:
https://archive.md/CuNbt

#Absentee #BallotAccess #Disabled #Poor #MaineVoters #DisabilityRights #VoterDisenfranchisement #USPol #MainePol #USElections

#VisuallyImpaired #voters sue #NewHampshire over changes to #Absentee #BallotAccess

The plaintiffs say the new law will deter some voters with #disabilities from participating in the democratic process at all, even after they have registered to vote

By Steven Porter Globe Staff, Updated August 21, 2025, 9:30 a.m.

"Three people with visual impairments are suing New Hampshire officials to challenge the constitutionality of a law that will soon tighten #PhotoID requirements for voters seeking an #AbsenteeBallot.

"The plaintiffs — Adele Robertson of #ExeterNH, Daniel Frye of #ConcordNH, and Regina Wilson of #BrentwoodNH — allege the new law, known as #SenateBill287, will impose a significant burden on every #AbsenteeVoter statewide.

" 'And, in some cases, these burdens will entirely prevent voters from exercising their #RightToVote,' their lawsuit states.
Under the new rules imposed by #SB287, voters will be required to either bring a photo ID to their local election officials to request an absentee ballot in person, or submit a copy of their ID or a notarized signature along with their application.
While proponents said the legislation will better protect election integrity, critics said the changes will add barriers that disproportionately impact #seniors, voters with #disabilities, and those living in #rural parts of the state."

Read more:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/21/metro/nh-blind-disabilities-voters-absentee-ballots/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/DWXKG

#VoterDisenfranchisement #DisabilityRights #USPol #NHPol #AbsenteeVoting #USElections

Concert: The Boxer Rebellion zet in Doornroosje vooral op schaakzekerheden in.
https://writteninmusic.com/concertverslag/the-boxer-rebellion-zet-in-doornroosje-vooral-op-schaakzekerheden-in/

#Music #Alternative #TheBoxerRebellion #Absentee #Doornroosje

After #Trump Took the Lead, #ElectionDeniers Went Suddenly Silent

Counting #absentee votes on Tuesday in #Milwaukee , where 13 ballot tabulators were found to have been insufficiently secured.
#election2024 #election

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/06/technology/trump-election-denial.html

#Astronauts can #vote #absentee from #space

https://interestingfacts.com/fact/astronauts-can-vote-absentee-from-space/

#Oprah Brings #StarPower to #Mobilize #SwingState #Voters for #VicePresident #KamalaHarris

The #billionaire #media #icon will join the #Democratic #presidentialcandidate in a live-streamed #townhall in #Michigan on Thursday, an effort to #getoutthevote as some #states begin distributing #absentee and #EarlyVoting #ballots this month and to potentially sway #undecidedvoters with under 50 days until #ElectionDay.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-19/oprah-brings-star-power-to-mobilize-swing-state-harris-voters

Happy endings happen! We decided to go ahead and submit our #absentee ballot requests despite what the election worker said yesterday. And they were approved. So we’ll be getting the absentee ballots after all. All’s well that ends well, and better yet, I didn’t have to yell at anybody.

We got it set up so we’ll get our #absentee ballots in the mail. This makes me happy. When we voted in 2020, there was a line out the courthouse door, and it took us an hour and a half to even get to the room where the voting machines were. It’s hard to not think it’s getting harder and more inconvenient by design, but maybe I don’t know everything.

And yes, I am just as worried about this whole bizarre disaster that US politics has become, and cautiously hopeful with the new #brat on the block. Game on, and lets hope the energy carries through to November.

And for anyone else who can vote in US Elections but is abroad: get in your request for an #absentee #ballot *now*. Processing takes time, and you do *not* want to be too late for this one.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court reversed a 2022 ban on drop boxes to collect absentee ballots, voting 4-3 to allow the option in time for the upcoming election in November. The turnaround comes after a retiring conservative justice was replaced by Janet Protasiewicz last year, leading to her siding with the new liberal majority to revisit the issue. Read more from NPR.

https://flip.it/ubyk_a

#Voting #Wisconsin #Courts #Dropbox #Absentee

@rbreich
It bears noting that #Texas did ALL 3.
(restricted Vote by Mail, has #VoterID, and regularly purges the voter roll... I believe after every 5-6 years.)

The state limited #Absentee #Ballot drop boxes to *one per county*... including Harris County's 4.5 million people (home to #Houston's 2M people)... to a single drop box at Reliant Stadium on the SW side of town.

"If #voting didn't matter, they wouldn't be working so hard to stop you from doing it." - Me

Many Democrats have embraced mail-in voting, and now Republicans are being urged by party leaders to use all voting options in the 2024 general election. Could it impact the result?
👉🏼 https://www.voanews.com/a/republican-voters-urged-to-chip-away-at-democrats-mail-in-voting-advantage/7614724.html #elections #US #democracy #biden #trump #politics #policy #voters #democrats #republicans #mailinvoting #votebymail #absentee #ballots

Why do #Republicans oppose #voting by mail?

86% of mail-in ballots in last week's #PA special election (congrats, @PADems and Jim Prokopiak!) were for the #Democratic candidate.

#GOP will continue its #votersuppression against #absentee #ballots...because they can't win without cheating.

#BidenHarris2024 #vote #Democrats #DemsAbroad #DemocratsDeliver
@DemocracyMattersALot @uspolitics @DefendDemocracy @MAD_democracy @AbortionFront @womensvoices @reprorights @reproequity_now @fundmsabortions

Among California kindergartners, chronic absenteeism has soared—from 16% pre-pandemic to 40% in 2021-22 and 36% in 2022–23.

More findings in this important new Policy Analysis for California Education report by Hedy Chang, Belen Chavez, and Heather Hough.
➡️ https://edpolicyinca.org/publications/unpacking-californias-chronic-absence-crisis-through-2022-23

@edutooters @educationecon #education #absentee #kindergarten

Friends from the US - #question about #voting. I’m registering in MA. My primary goal is to keep Trump and the GOP out. I’m a citizen but not educated in the mechanics of elections.

Would it would be a good idea to declare as Republican so I can vote in the primary? Does that confer other hidden benefits to the party, or is it *just* for primaries?

(Please boost if you have knowledgeable followers, I’d love an answer!)

Edit: Also, I’m voting #absentee!

#us #uspol #usa #primaries #activism

Today is last day for #Louisiana absentee ballot requests for November 18 #Runoffs!

SO: request an #absentee ballot for the November 18 election! You can request an absentee #ballot online at voterportal.sos.la.gov or in writing at your Registrar of Voters office. The voted ballot must be received by your Registrar by November 17!

#DEMOCRATSABROAD
#DEMOCRATS
#ELECTION #VOTE #VOTING

@Sheril @VoteFromAbroad Wouldn't it be great to be able to do that at zero cost to you, the voter? Other states have made mandatory paper ballot returns a thing of the past. I want that for #Michigan #uocava and #absentee #voter|s too.

If you're a Georgia voter living abroad and want to vote in the Georgia runoff, here's our lovely volunteer, Brittany, with all you need to know to make your voice heard: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMFm4TNt7/ #GA #Election #GArunoff #VoteFromAbroad #FWAB #AbsenteeBallot #Georgia #Runoff #Vote #Voter #absentee #HowToVote #Voting #Ballot

Are you a U.S. citizen abroad that votes in #Georgia? You have a #runoff #election coming up! Not sure how? Please drop by our Zoom rooms. We'll walk you through it. Don't delay; deadlines are quickly approaching! Go here for current days/times: http://ow.ly/XhJ350LBTvt. And please help us spread the word!
#OverseasAmericans #AmericansOverseas #USExpats #GASenate #GA #voters #GAelection #RunoffElection #Voter #vote #ballot #absentee

Registering for an #absentee ballot in #Georgia for the #Senate #runoff is ridiculously complicated, time consuming, and requires a printer & scanner.

They are doing *everything* in their power to #suppress the #vote.