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Trump Promises $5,000 If Republicans Win: Why Opponents Should Take It Seriously

Trump says adults could get $5,000 if Republicans keep Congress. Here’s why the promise matters politically—and what the law, budget math and economists actually say.

Trump Promises $5,000 If Republicans Win: Why Opponents Should Take It Seriously

Trump says adults could get $5,000 if Republicans keep Congress. Here’s why the promise matters politically—and what the law, budget math and economists actually say.

Trump Promises $5,000 If Republicans Win: Why Opponents Should Take It Seriously

Trump says adults could get $5,000 if Republicans keep Congress. Here’s why the promise matters politically—and what the law, budget math and economists actually say.

Trump Promises $5,000 If Republicans Win: Why Opponents Should Take It Seriously

Trump says adults could get $5,000 if Republicans keep Congress. Here’s why the promise matters politically—and what the law, budget math and economists actually say.

#Trump Solicitor General Sauer pushed back on Judge Talwani’s assessment in the brief to #SCOTUS, asserting that the #USPS plan fell under the agency’s bounds to adopt rules “as may be necessary in the execution of its functions” & compared the rules for #MailBallots to Postal Service “preparation requirements for the mailing of CREMATED REMAINS & replica EXPLOSIVES.” [seriously]

#law #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #Constitution #Congress #states #ElectionLaw #midterms #elections #USpol

She added that the #USPS rule “clashes with #Congress’s statutory scheme, & is #unconstitutional where it intrudes not only on Congress’s #elections clause powers but also that power left to the #states.”

#law #SCOTUS #ActivistCourt #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #Constitution #ElectionLaw #midterms #USpol #Trump #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy

The trial court judge, Indira Talwani, wrote that the legal challenge to the #USPS plan by Democratic-led states & voter rights organizations was likely to succeed. The groups had argued the plan violated the #Constitution’s #SeparationOfPowers, which gives #states & #Congress responsibility over #elections, not the executive.

#law #SCOTUS #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #ElectionLaw #midterms #elections #USpol #Trump #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy

A federal judge in Boston ruled for the third time on Friday that the #Trump admin’s plans to restrict #MailVoting are likely #illegal & it should be prevented from implementing them ahead of the #midterms.

Judge Indira Talwani had already temporarily blocked the #USPS from moving forward, in a ruling that was set to expire Sept 10. The new order extends that block indefinitely.

#law #ElectionInterference #Constitution #Congress #states #ElectionLaw #elections #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy

For a THIRD time a federal Judge blocks #Trump #MailBallot rules

The ruling arrived before #SCOTUS could decide whether to intervene but is certain to set off yet another round of appeals.

#law #USPS #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #Constitution #Congress #states #Federalism #ElectionLaw #midterms #elections #USpol #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/us/politics/judge-blocks-trump-mail-ballots.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-lA.A-R9.sAMVAiZs_Jl1&smid=nytcore-ios-share

The National Republican Congressional Committee & National Republican Senatorial Committee then asked the #SCOTUS to intervene. They argued that the appeals court had acted too soon & broadcasters were already charging them higher rates & upending their planned budgets.

The high court’s decision halts the appeals court ruling while the #Republican committees appeal it.

#law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt

Candidates pay discounted rates for TV time around an #election under federal #law, & in March the #FCC’s Media Bureau said certain party-coordinated ads are entitled to those prices as well.

Four #Democrats, including Sen #JonOssoff of Georgia & former Sen #SherrodBrown of Ohio, challenged the finding in court. They won a victory from a divided panel of the US 4th Circuit Court of appeals.

#law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #SCOTUS #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt

#Trump asked #SCOTUS Thursday to give the #USPS sweeping power to withhold delivery of #MailBallots, setting up an extraordinary showdown over #voting at the high court less than 2 months before the November #midterms.

#law #ActivistCourt #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #Constitution #Congress #states #Federalism #ElectionLaw #elections #USpol #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/03/politics/trump-asks-supreme-court-to-ok-sweeping-changes-for-mail-ballots

Voter Intimidation at the Polls: What Every American Should Know Before November

https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/current-events/voter-intimidation-at-the-polls/

…The official at the #USPS raised “grave concerns” in the report that the verification process in the system could reject tens of thousands of ballots in a bulk-mailing batch if “even one bar code on one single ballot” failed to properly scan, & that the rushed, “slapdash” development of the system would significantly increase the chance of errors & other failures in the verification process.

#Trump #law #Constitution #states #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #midterms #BigLie #coup #USpol

Speaking to reporters by phone, Blumenthal said of the report that “the main takeaway for me is that the Postal Service has designed a system to disenfranchise millions of Americans. One-third of all Americans cast their ballots by mail, & the #USPS puts all of their votes at risk.”

#Trump #law #Constitution #states #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #midterms #BigLie #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy #coup #SeditiousConspiracy #USpol

“Potentially millions of American voters may not receive their mail-in ballot this election cycle in a timely manner, or at all,” the official said in the report, which was prepared with the assistance of Whistleblower Aid, a nonprofit group that represents people seeking to expose potential lawbreaking.

#Trump #law #Constitution #states #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #midterms #VoterSuppression #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy #coup #SeditiousConspiracy #USpol

#Trump admin appeals latest ruling blocking his #MailVoting order from taking effect

The Trump admin is appealing a judge’s ruling that blocked limitations on mail voting before the midterm #elections, the latest twist in a court fight unfolding days before the first #states begin sending out #MailBallots.

#law #SCOTUS #ActivistCourt #VotingRights #Constitution #Congress #Federalism #ElectionLaw #midterms #elections #USpol #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy
https://apnews.com/article/trump-voting-mail-ballots-midterms-executive-order-8ef4a669a50f3406481ffb8387ccad3c?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=more_org_joinmastodon_app_shareactionextension

Judge again blocks #Trump #MailBallot executive order in ruling that’s likely to be swiftly appealed

#law #judiciary #SCOTUS #Constitution #states #federalism #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #midterms #elections #VoterSuppression #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #WhiteSupremacy #coup #SeditiousConspiracy #USpol
https://apnews.com/article/trump-voting-mail-ballots-democrats-lawsuits-15cf1ec7dcdb8211bf6b624b75a7f4ab?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=more_org_joinmastodon_app_shareactionextension

#SCOTUS majority found the Democratic lawsuit was premature, but that was before the #Trump admin issued a rule governing #USPS delivery of #MailBallots. #Election officials warn it will be impossible to implement in the days before the first wave of mail ballots are sent out next week.

#law #Constitution #states #federalism #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #elections #VoterSuppression #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy #coup #SeditiousConspiracy #USpol

Democratic #states file new lawsuit seeking to block #Trump order limiting #MailVoting in #midterms

The action, filed by about two dozen states against the #USPS, marked a new phase in the high-stakes litigation just 2 days after #SCOTUS ruled against them in a separate case, but did not say Trump’s order was #legal [jackasses].

#law #Constitution #states #federalism #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #elections #VoterSuppression #BigLie #WhiteSupremacy #coup #USpol
https://apnews.com/article/trump-voting-mail-ballots-midterms-executive-order-7ed54dda90705ff169d0a022f6a1dde9?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=more_org_joinmastodon_app_shareactionextension

Trump’s Mail Ballot Order Puts the Constitution on the Clock

https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/elections/trumps-mail-ballot-order/

Legal Expert Warns of Election Chaos as Trump DOJ Appeals Court Ruling

📰 Original title: We're going to have chaos': Expert sounds the alarm after Trump DOJ's election appeal

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#politics #electionlaw #supremecourt

Updated #USPS policy says #postmarks might not indicate the first day the Postal Service received the mail, but rather the day it was handled in one of its processing centers. Those centers are increasingly likely to be further away from certain communities because of recent consolidations within the Postal Service, which could further delay postmarks.

#law #ElectionLaw #MailBallots #elections #midterms #VoterSuppression

Nearly 150,000 #MailBallots rejected in #California primary despite efforts to count every vote.

Lawmakers concerned about #USPS #postmark changes.

In January, a group of mostly Democratic US senators sent a letter to the USPS, alarmed that mail-processing changes might affect postmark dates for mail-in ballots during an #election year that will determine control of #Congress.

#law #ElectionLaw #VoterSuppression
https://apnews.com/article/california-primary-rejected-mail-ballots-voting-2291684fe4544cab2301f8965abc8f79

The governor, in the statement, said that she was “appalled by the reckless failures that allowed this to happen.”

“I believe the integrity of our elections is fundamental to our democracy,” she added.

#law #ElectionLaw #elections #NewJersey

Sherrill, a Democrat who took over in January, held a news conference to disclose the error tied to a software vendor that is being phased out of use in #NewJersey.

State officials became aware of the error last week & began an immediate investigation into what had happened.

“I want to underscore how seriously I take this matter,” Sherrill said.

#law #ElectionLaw #elections

“These individuals answered ‘no’ when asked on a keypad whether they were a US citizen when applying for drivers’ licenses & identification cards, but through no fault of their own, the system registered them anyway,” the governor said in a statement.

All 6,600 people will be removed from the voter rolls.

NYT could not independently verify those figures.

#law #ElectionLaw #elections #NewJersey

#Trump is going to have a field day with this —

Roughly 400 #noncitizens voted in #NewJersey after about 6,600 residents were improperly registered to vote between June 2023 & June 2024 because of a software error at the #DMV, Gov #MikieSherrill announced Tuesday.

ALL of the people affected had disclosed that they were not citizens when registering for either a driver’s license or ID, but were nonetheless placed on the voter rolls in error.

#law #ElectionLaw #elections
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/nyregion/noncitizen-voting-new-jersey-error.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

🚨 The $1 million question: Where does political influence cross the legal line?
Elon Musk’s Wisconsin voter payments are now in the hands of a prosecutor. Here’s what happened, what’s alleged, and what comes next. ⚖️
https://shorturl.at/Jljkz
#ElectionLaw #Wisconsin #Politics #Accountability #CivicWatch #ElonMusk

Railing against the FBI & intelligence agencies’ investigations into to Russian meddling in 2016 is one of Trump’s favorite themes. And in 2020, a majority of intelligence officials assessed that the Russian campaign to denigrate Joe Biden was the most robust.

But #Trump barely mentioned #Russia in his speech Thursday, using most of it to lament Chinese efforts to denigrate him.

#FactCheck #TrumpLies #law #ElectionLaw #midterms #ElectionInterference #BigLie #VotingRights #elections #USpol

And, John Solomon, who is leading #Trump’s task force on declassifying documents on a range of issues, told reporters outside the White House that the intelligence community documents show NO EVIDENCE that votes in election machines were changed in the past three #elections.

#FactCheck #TrumpLies #law #ElectionLaw #midterms #ElectionInterference #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #VotingRights #USpol #WhiteSupremacy #coup #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy

#Trump also referred to a report about #Venezuela showing it could successfully tamper with #VotingMachines.

But documents posted by the White House featured an analysis by the #CIA last month that assessed intelligence collected over nearly two decades about the Venezuelan government’s ability to rig elections through voting machine tech.

#FactCheck #TrumpLies #law #ElectionLaw #midterms #ElectionInterference #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #VotingRights #elections

What’s more, former intelligence officials have said, #China gathered the data not to manipulate voting results, but instead to better craft influence campaigns to shape voters’ perceptions.

While the documents outline some nascent interest by Chinese officials in influence operations, they concede Beijing never endorsed any broad-based effort to undercut #Trump.

#FactCheck #TrumpLies #law #ElectionLaw #midterms #ElectionInterference #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #VotingRights #elections

The documents also do not contain any significant new revelations about vulnerabilities in #election systems. One of the documents posted on the White House website was blunt∶ “We assess that vote tabulation systems would be difficult to manipulate on a wide enough scale to compromise election results.”

#FactCheck #TrumpLies #law #ElectionLaw #midterms #Trump #ElectionInterference #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #VotingRights #elections #USpol #WhiteSupremacy #coup #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy

…legal experts say the order exceeds #Trump’s power because the Constitution gives states the authority to set the “times, places & manner” of #elections, with #Congress allowed to set rules for elections to federal office. As Friday’s ruling states, the #Constitution makes no provision for presidents to set the rules for elections.

#Trump #law #ElectionLaw #ExecutiveOverreach #AbuseOfPower #VoterSuppression #VoteNullification #democracy

Oregon & Washington, which conduct their #elections almost entirely by mail, filed a separate lawsuit over the #ballot deadline, saying the #ExecutiveOrder could disenfranchise voters in their #states. When the lawsuit was filed, Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs noted that more than 300,000 ballots in the state arrived after Election Day in 2024.

#Trump #law #ElectionLaw #ExecutiveOverreach #AbuseOfPower #VoterSuppression #VoteNullification #democracy

The order also would require #states to exclude any mail-in or absentee ballots received after Election Day & puts states’ federal #funding at risk if #election officials don’t comply. Currently, 18 states & Puerto Rico accept mailed ballots received after Election Day as long they are postmarked on or before that date, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

#Trump #law #ElectionLaw #ExecutiveOverreach #AbuseOfPower #VoterSuppression #VoteNullification #democracy

#Trump has said his #ExecutiveOrder *secures* elections against illegal voting by noncitizens, though multiple studies & investigations in the #states have shown that it’s exceedingly rare & typically a mistake. Casting a ballot as a noncitizen is already against the #law & can result in fines & #deportation if convicted.

#ElectionLaw #ExecutiveOverreach #AbuseOfPower #VoterSuppression #VoteNullification #democracy

Casper cited arguments made by the #states that the requirements would “burden the States with significant efforts & substantial costs” to update procedures.

The ruling is the second #legal setback for #Trump’s election order. A federal judge in Washington, D.C., previously blocked parts of the directive, including the proof-of-#citizenship requirement for the federal #VoterRegistration form.

#law #ElectionLaw #ExecutiveOverreach #AbuseOfPower #VoterSuppression #VoteNullification #democracy

“The #Constitution does not grant the President any specific powers over #elections,” Judge Casper wrote.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mad.282905/gov.uscourts.mad.282905.107.0.pdf

Casper also noted that, when it comes to #citizenship, “there is no dispute (nor could there be) that U.S. citizenship is required to vote in federal elections & the federal voter registration forms require attestation of citizenship.”

#Trump #law #ElectionLaw #ExecutiveOverreach #AbuseOfPower #VoterSuppression #VoteNullification #democracy

#Trump’s March 25 #ExecutiveOrder sought to compel officials to require documentary proof of citizenship for everyone registering to #vote for federal #elections [you already must be a citizen], accept only mailed ballots received by Election Day & condition federal #election grant funding on #states adhering to the new #ballot deadline.

#law #ElectionLaw #ExecutiveOverreach #AbuseOfPower #VoterSuppression #VoteNullification #democracy

#Judge blocks #Trump’s election #ExecutiveOrder, siding with #Democrats who called it overreach

A federal judge on Friday blocked Trump’s attempt to overhaul #elections in the US, siding with a group of Democratic #state attorneys general who challenged the effort as #unconstitutional.

#law #ElectionLaw #ExecutiveOverreach #AbuseOfPower #VoterSuppression #VoteNullification #democracy
https://apnews.com/article/trump-elections-executive-order-4f863aaa8e0c59640ebc727827ffc887

#Georgia Supreme Court STRIKES DOWN 5 State Election Board rules concerning certification & hand counting ballots last year. A big victory for GA voters & a stinging defeat for #Republicans & #ElectionDeniers.

#law #ElectionLaw #VoterSuppression #VoteNullification
https://www.democracydocket.com/cases/georgia-state-election-board-certification-and-drop-box-rules-challenge/

The ruling, filed w/the court clerk on Mon, will require Mayes to assemble a grand jury to present the case along with a copy of the #ElectoralCountAct, attys said. The initial presentation of her case took weeks. Mayes plans to appeal to try to get the prosecution back on track.

“We vehemently disagree with the court, & we will file a special action to appeal the ruling,” Mayes spox said.

#Trump #BigLie #ElectionLaw #VotingRights #VoteNullification #FakeElectors #SeditiousConspiracy

Among those who were indicted were White House chief of staff #MarkMeadows, attorneys #RudyGiuliani, #JohnEastman & #ChristinaBobb, top campaign adviser #BorisEpshteyn & former campaign aide #MikeRoman. The grand jury accused them of unsuccessfully trying to award the state’s electoral votes to #Trump instead of #Biden even though Biden won the popular vote there.

#BigLie #ElectionLaw #VotingRights #VoteNullification #FakeElectors #SeditiousConspiracy

An #Arizona grand jury last year indicted 18 people as part of the effort to reverse Joe #Biden’s 2020 presidential win in the state, including 7 attorneys & aides affiliated with #Trump’s national campaign & 11 Arizona #Republicans, including some who sought to act as fake presidential electors.

#BigLie #ElectionLaw #VotingRights #VoteNullification #FakeElectors

“We are extremely pleased with the court’s ruling, & we think the judge got it exactly right,” said Stephen Binhak, the attorney who spearheaded the effort to get the case back to a grand jury.

The decision is a major setback for #Arizona AG Kris Mayes (D), who promised to appeal the ruling so she could keep the prosecution going.

#Trump #BigLie #ElectionLaw #VotingRights #VoteNullification #FakeElectors

#MaricopaCounty Superior Court Judge Sam J. Myers sided w/ #Republicans & found that prosecutors failed to provide the grand jury w/the text of an 1887 federal #law that is central to the Republicans’ defense. The #law, known as the #ElectoralCountAct, spells out how presidential electoral votes are to be cast & counted.

#Trump #BigLie #ElectionLaw #VotingRights #VoteNullification #FakeElectors

Judge deals blow to #Arizona case over 2020 Republican #FakeElectors

An AZ judge has ordered state prosecutors to send back to a grand jury a case in which #Republicans were charged last year for their alleged roles in trying to overturn the #2020election, potentially jeopardizing the
high-profile indictments.

#Trump #BigLie #law #ElectionLaw #VotingRights #VoteNullification
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/19/arizona-electors-case/

#SCOTUS allows #Virginia effort to strike #SUSPECTED noncitizen voters

VA Gov #GlennYoungkin (R) asked the justices to intervene after lower courts blocked efforts to cancel registrations of #voters who COULD BE #noncitizens.

A divided #SupremeCourt cleared the way Wednesday for VA ofcls to remove ~1,600 voters from the state’s registration rolls LESS THAN ONE week before the presidential #election.

#law #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt #ElectionLaw #Vote #HarrisWalz2024
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/30/virginia-noncitizen-voter-purge-supreme-court/