Trump has no power to “decree” that voters must present ID or to end mail-in balloting. But that doesn’t mean he can’t at least try both. Under the Insurrection Act or some other dusty statute, he can declare a state of emergency. Then he can decide that said state permits, nay requires, him to take extraordinary measures. On October 5, say, that might mean outlawing early voting. By October 13, it might mean no mail-in voting. By October 29, a reminder that all voters must present ID to vote. And by Sunday, November 1, two days before the election—an announcement that all these “reasonable” measures have alas failed, and he is now forced, against his will, to postpone the election.
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Why does everyone sounding the alarm about this sound like they are the only ones saying it? At this point, anyone who doesn’t know this is the plan is either MAGA or so detached from politics that they are irrelevant.
I don’t think it will work, but the plan is pretty obvious.
To the surprise of absolutely nobody who has paid even a modicum of attention to the ongoing escalating authoritarian power grab in the US.
