Summary

Donald Trump announced plans to reform U.S. elections, including mandating paper ballots, same-day voting, voter ID, and proof of citizenship, while eliminating mail-in voting.

Trump criticized California’s ban on requiring voter ID, calling for a nationwide overhaul. Though mail-in and early voting surged during the pandemic, Trump has long opposed these methods, claiming fraud, despite evidence showing fraud rates are extremely low.

Critics argue his proposals could disproportionately affect rural, disabled, and nonwhite voters, potentially disenfranchising key Democratic-leaning groups.

The reforms would mark significant shifts in U.S. election policies.

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cuts out 80% of the elderly vote in one swift motion

cuts out unprepared idiots who don’t know any better before they leave their house

There goes his voters.

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Lmao good luck with that constitutional amendment, Donnie.

This half-baked nonsense is dead at conception because once again Republicans prove they don’t understand government.

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It’s a shame that, despite not understanding government, they’re about to have unfettered control of it.

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The saving grace is that our federal government relies HEAVILY on state workers and agencies.

A lot of states can simply say no, or “yeah, we’ll get around to it.”

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Eliminate the Electoral College. None of this other crap.

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Paper ballots are good

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Who doesn’t have paper ballots? The states that use a touch screen (e.g. Dominion) still has paper ballots. You just make your choices on the screen and print the ballot. You check that everything is accurate and insert the paper ballot in the counting machine.

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Most local polling places around me have touch screens you put a small card into, but you never see a paper ballot, I’ve honestly never seen a paper ballot for presidential elections in person other than mail ins

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I thought Putin’s Sock Puppet and his neo-Nazi supporters want to increase state rights. Getting rid of the Electoral College should be the first step.

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Not those states rights.

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In elections where there needs to be a single winner so proportional representation does not work, how about this (already works in several EU countries):

Round 1: Anyone can participate if they have enough signatures. If anyone gets the majority vote, they automatically win and there is no round 2.

Round 2, 1 or 2 weeks later: Top 2 candidates from Round 1. No votes are carried over. Popular vote wins.

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RCV doesn’t need 2 rounds for this. Neither does approval voting.

This is not a problem with voting that needs new ideas to address.

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