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babylonsister

(171,103 posts)
Sat May 9, 2020, 01:25 PM May 2020

Trump Demands California Votes Be Thrown Out After State Announces All-Mail November Election

https://www.politicususa.com/2020/05/09/trump-demands-california-votes-be-thrown-out-after-state-announces-all-mail-november-election.html

Posted on Sat, May 9th, 2020 by Sean Colarossi
Trump Demands California Votes Be Thrown Out After State Announces All-Mail November Election


Donald Trump blew a gasket on Saturday following the news that California has become the first state in the country to make November an all-mail election.

According to Politico, California Gov. Gavin Newsom made the decision, citing “concern and anxiety around” people voting in person during a pandemic.

Trump, of course, couldn’t care less about the public safety risks attached to in-person voting and only cares about how mail-in ballots could impact him politically.

That’s why, in a tweet on Saturday, he threw a tantrum and said California votes shouldn’t count. He also complained about a polling place being opened up in a part of the state where Democrats live.


Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

So in California, the Democrats, who fought like crazy to get all mail in only ballots, and succeeded, have just opened a voting booth in the most Democrat area in the State. They are trying to steal another election. It’s all rigged out there. These votes must not count. SCAM!
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Trump Demands California Votes Be Thrown Out After State Announces All-Mail November Election (Original Post) babylonsister May 2020 OP
Fuckhead. Squinch May 2020 #1
My state has vote by mail for all elections. CrispyQ May 2020 #2
Is he going to ask that Washington and Oregon votes be thrown out too. Both mail in voting. Canoe52 May 2020 #38
Well, then I guess we have to throw out WA, OR, etc too... Wounded Bear May 2020 #3
Don't give him any ideas. jimfields33 May 2020 #35
Think i've stated this before. bluestarone May 2020 #4
Bad news for Republicans... Newest Reality May 2020 #5
Then they are going to have to kill the USPS..... Oh, wait. erronis May 2020 #42
BINGO!!! not_the_one May 2020 #53
tRump's pardon pen machine is going to be in high gear for the next 7+ months erronis May 2020 #56
California has become the first state in the country to make November an all-mail election? Brother Buzz May 2020 #6
Yup. That was my reaction, too. n/t Ms. Toad May 2020 #7
Folk out West have never liked election winners determined before West empedocles May 2020 #9
Mail in ballots 'may' be tallied, but the results are NOT released before the polls close Brother Buzz May 2020 #19
Then there are the 'exit poll' factors. empedocles May 2020 #23
OR WA CO HI and Utah are all using vote by mail and now CA grantcart May 2020 #26
FL has vote-by-mail also. He's delusional. nt babylonsister May 2020 #27
I thought you had to request a vote-by-mail ballot in Florida Brother Buzz May 2020 #30
I'm not real sure; I voted by mail in the primaries, babylonsister May 2020 #32
You do have to request but it's easy and don't need a reason. jimfields33 May 2020 #36
I live in a rural part of a rural county PufPuf23 May 2020 #54
Interesting. I was not aware of that, but I believe it was totally a county decision. Brother Buzz May 2020 #55
That would be my guess too, a county decision to PufPuf23 May 2020 #57
We have both tavernier May 2020 #34
That fool voted by mail in Florida.. he is delusional... bsiebs May 2020 #39
But..but..Ivanka's voting maching patents will be worthless!!! Budi May 2020 #8
I'm sure she can sell her patents to the russians. They aren't big into real voting anyway. erronis May 2020 #43
He's a bit slow, poor old fella. procon May 2020 #10
CA is going for Biden no matter what, so what is the point of complaining stopbush May 2020 #13
I suspect Trump is more focused on prepping procon May 2020 #29
Brace yourself for the inevitable court challenges ... Jarqui May 2020 #11
Again, w/ zero evidence. Like he claimed in the very same election that got him elected, he... SWBTATTReg May 2020 #12
Funny, I thought states decided their election laws. sinkingfeeling May 2020 #14
I demand that Dear Leader go perform an anatomical impossibility on himself. nt Buns_of_Fire May 2020 #15
I think that bag-o-protoplasm can probably insert his whatever into whereever. erronis May 2020 #44
why does he care? Takket May 2020 #16
I was thinking the same LMAO In It to Win It May 2020 #21
It matters as an opportunity 1. to strike fear into any other red or blue states that he can; ancianita May 2020 #41
Just curious... what election exactly did we steal? He won In It to Win It May 2020 #17
WTF is his problem? Totally Tunsie May 2020 #18
Unfortunately, this nation has far too many citizens as ignorant of history as Trump hisself... TreasonousBastard May 2020 #20
LOL! Baitball Blogger May 2020 #22
He couldn't possibly have thought MissMillie May 2020 #24
It's a distraction to bolster attacks on USPS. Worry more about R state legislatures. Hermit-The-Prog May 2020 #25
+1. Yup. erronis May 2020 #45
He "demands" does he? MoonRiver May 2020 #28
KKKing orange demands... and House Speaker Nancy refuses. Lock him up. May 2020 #48
I believe Oregon has been for years. LizBeth May 2020 #31
California has 54 electoral votes and they're all going to Biden DFW May 2020 #33
Not so fast there, Quick Draw Brother Buzz May 2020 #51
Go blow a gasket, stroke out, you murdering, corrupt psychopath. niyad May 2020 #37
CA has allowed all voters to vote by mail for decades Retrograde May 2020 #40
The Con and his fellow ReTHUGs are the only folks going to be malaise May 2020 #46
Make no mistake about his reason. He is here laying the foundation Enoki33 May 2020 #47
The EC will vote according to the results each State will tally. Lock him up. May 2020 #50
Blah Blah Blah. Who listens to this raving lunatic any more? SammyWinstonJack May 2020 #49
Trump is captain oswaldactedalone May 2020 #52

CrispyQ

(36,544 posts)
2. My state has vote by mail for all elections.
Sat May 9, 2020, 01:32 PM
May 2020

We have automatic registration at the DMV and online registration and same day registration. My county has ballot drop-off boxes at places like the County Clerk's office and the Public Library. You can also sign up for texts that alert you when your ballot was mailed out and when it was received back at the Clerk's office. All very efficient!

Canoe52

(2,949 posts)
38. Is he going to ask that Washington and Oregon votes be thrown out too. Both mail in voting.
Sat May 9, 2020, 04:14 PM
May 2020

Not sure what other states already have mail in voting.

Wounded Bear

(58,755 posts)
3. Well, then I guess we have to throw out WA, OR, etc too...
Sat May 9, 2020, 01:32 PM
May 2020

while he's at it, let's throw out all the results of all blue states.

jimfields33

(16,044 posts)
35. Don't give him any ideas.
Sat May 9, 2020, 04:07 PM
May 2020

Only president I’d ever write a reply like this and mean it. Lol. He’s probably figuring how to do it.

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
5. Bad news for Republicans...
Sat May 9, 2020, 01:34 PM
May 2020

They can't hold their power-by-deception and suppression lock on the country with mail in voting if more people have easier access to vote.

The dinosaurs are obsolete and only sheer force and maximum manipulation can keep them going into the decade. Demographics clearly point that out. They know that and you can bet that, even though their politics are making them irrelevant in this era, they will fight their demise as a dominant party and will not allow something new to emerge from the rotting carcass they have become.

Trump knows that. He is getting started early though doing his predictive programming of how he is going to attack, undermine and interfere with the General Election. Pay close attention, folks. The next six-months are going to be a debacle that you could have never imagined in this country.

We must prevail. We must win. Not for ourselves alone, but for the Unites States of America. And every put down and insult they give us is always about them from now on, so don't be discouraged if they scorn us and deflect blame on us for the egregious things they will be doing to undermine our country.

 

not_the_one

(2,227 posts)
53. BINGO!!!
Sat May 9, 2020, 06:04 PM
May 2020

WITH TRUMP'S LATEST APPOINTMENT OF LOUIS DEJOY AS POSTMASTER GENERAL THEY NOW HAVE CONTROL OVER THE USPS. The turd's man is now in charge.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/05/07/just-straight-cronyism-top-trump-and-gop-donor-picked-lead-us-postal-service-time

That will take care of it, even if vote by mail is allowed nation wide. The turd will have control over EVERY MAIL IN BALLOT. And WHY do you think HE thinks he must have control over those ballots???

Laws need to be passed, with authority to back them up, that ANY person who attempts to interfere with the election process will automatically receive extensive jail time... then $1,000,000 rewards should be offered to anyone who supplies information resulting in a valid arrest. Bloomberg, Steyer could provide the reward funding. It wouldn't take many to address the situation.

Strange how the GOP depends on the supreme court's "states rights" ruling, to allow them complete control over the election process, AND to allow them to gerrymander and control legislatures, when they don't receive a majority of the votes in a state... but now the turd is demanding that states NOT have those very same powers over a state's election process.

So now they want to have it BOTH ways.

Gives you whiplash, doesn't it?

erronis

(15,393 posts)
56. tRump's pardon pen machine is going to be in high gear for the next 7+ months
Sat May 9, 2020, 07:08 PM
May 2020

Wonder if it's possible to just sign a mass pardon for all white landed males. Save a bunch of ink.

Another redundancy - they already have essentially that.

I worry that a new fairly-elected democratic executive and legislature won't decide that we need to heal and reconciliate again. (Notice, no "truth".)

Brother Buzz

(36,486 posts)
6. California has become the first state in the country to make November an all-mail election?
Sat May 9, 2020, 01:35 PM
May 2020

On Nov. 7, 2000, Oregon became the nation's 1st all vote-by-mail state.

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
9. Folk out West have never liked election winners determined before West
Sat May 9, 2020, 01:41 PM
May 2020

polls close. For good reasons. Many local issues suffer from citizens who decide not to vote.

Brother Buzz

(36,486 posts)
19. Mail in ballots 'may' be tallied, but the results are NOT released before the polls close
Sat May 9, 2020, 01:56 PM
May 2020

Oh, I see what you are saying, and it's true; I would have no problems if all the polls open and close at the same time, say midnight EST to midnight EST.

Brother Buzz

(36,486 posts)
30. I thought you had to request a vote-by-mail ballot in Florida
Sat May 9, 2020, 02:32 PM
May 2020

Up until now, you had to request a vote-by-mail ballot in California, and it has become a VERY popular option; over 70% of Californians vote by mail.

babylonsister

(171,103 posts)
32. I'm not real sure; I voted by mail in the primaries,
Sat May 9, 2020, 03:48 PM
May 2020

don't recall requesting it. I DID have a Dem at the door a year ago? who was pushing it and I was receptive, so maybe that's why I got one?

PufPuf23

(8,843 posts)
54. I live in a rural part of a rural county
Sat May 9, 2020, 06:40 PM
May 2020

(Humboldt) in California. Local voting sites were all converted to vote by mail only at least a decade ago.

Not sure if this was a county or State decision when the polling stations in the bush were closed in favor of 100% by mail.

Brother Buzz

(36,486 posts)
55. Interesting. I was not aware of that, but I believe it was totally a county decision.
Sat May 9, 2020, 07:01 PM
May 2020

And I bet the county saved a ton of money not staffing Podunk precincts, too.

 

Budi

(15,325 posts)
8. But..but..Ivanka's voting maching patents will be worthless!!!
Sat May 9, 2020, 01:41 PM
May 2020

She had big plans for profit & hacking!!
Now what?!!

procon

(15,805 posts)
10. He's a bit slow, poor old fella.
Sat May 9, 2020, 01:42 PM
May 2020

Oregon has been all mail in voting for 20 years. People with disabilities and mobility issues also vote by mail. Americans living and working abroad have been casting their votes by mail as well. And the military has always voted by mail. Is Trump going to not count all those votes as well?

It's a bit obvious that Trump is only worried about the huge chunk of democratic voters in California, with even more voters likely to swell the count because it's easier to vote by mail.

I like him to explain which section of the constitution gives him the power to not count votes in states where he is that clear loser.

stopbush

(24,397 posts)
13. CA is going for Biden no matter what, so what is the point of complaining
Sat May 9, 2020, 01:48 PM
May 2020

that the margin will be that much wider? Hillary beat tRump 62-31% in CA in 2016. I have no doubt it will be 75-25% in favor of Biden.

CA is a winner-take-all state when it comes to the EC.

procon

(15,805 posts)
29. I suspect Trump is more focused on prepping
Sat May 9, 2020, 02:22 PM
May 2020

the stage for his defeat by claiming the whole election was some how "rigged".

Maybe he thinks he can win if he starts shouting that various evil doers have snatched his victory as away through chicanery and bamboozling fraud.

All he needs to do is plant the seed that he was robbed of winning the election that clearly should have been his. The rightwing fringe will take it from there and flesh out their conspiracy theories to provide Trump with a plausible background story that will let him use the Bully Pulpit to get people to question the legitimacy of the whole election in hopes he can cling to power.

Jarqui

(10,131 posts)
11. Brace yourself for the inevitable court challenges ...
Sat May 9, 2020, 01:44 PM
May 2020

to be settle by a Conservative court

To avoid that, Trump has to be clobbered.

SWBTATTReg

(22,183 posts)
12. Again, w/ zero evidence. Like he claimed in the very same election that got him elected, he...
Sat May 9, 2020, 01:45 PM
May 2020

claimed fraud too, w/ NO evidence (other than a republican operative that got caught tampering w/ votes back then). We should all do the opposite of what rump claims. I love it when he throws a temper fit, it means that we're doing the right thing.

erronis

(15,393 posts)
44. I think that bag-o-protoplasm can probably insert his whatever into whereever.
Sat May 9, 2020, 04:22 PM
May 2020

You know the joke about the two boys walking past a dog licking him(her)self....

Little Donnie (mushroom) is a contortionist since 2yo.

Takket

(21,652 posts)
16. why does he care?
Sat May 9, 2020, 01:56 PM
May 2020

he wasn't winning CA anyway lol what he needs is voter suppression in swing states.......

ancianita

(36,177 posts)
41. It matters as an opportunity 1. to strike fear into any other red or blue states that he can;
Sat May 9, 2020, 04:16 PM
May 2020

2. to pose as powerful against any governors and state legislative bodies; 3. to let his base know that the other party rigs elections; 4. to set regional states against each other. He has the entire executive branch's power as leverage.

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
18. WTF is his problem?
Sat May 9, 2020, 01:56 PM
May 2020

Does he feel that Republicants aren't bright enough to fill out and mail an absentee ballot? Why does he assume all those will be Dems "illegally" voting? Does he not realize it makes it easier for "his people" to vote also? Will he insist on the same for red states?

So many questions, and an idiot in charge.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
20. Unfortunately, this nation has far too many citizens as ignorant of history as Trump hisself...
Sat May 9, 2020, 01:57 PM
May 2020

There are already at least two Supreme Court decisions that hint that there needs be no popular election at all. The
Constitution (Amendment 23) very specifically says the states appoint the electors, and does not give them any hints how to do it.

It would be fun to see a state try to eliminate the popular vote for President and go back to the legislature appointing the electors. Absolutely no legal reason for them not to.

That might, at the moment, actually be beneficial to Tangerine Turd.

MissMillie

(38,591 posts)
24. He couldn't possibly have thought
Sat May 9, 2020, 02:04 PM
May 2020

he was going to take California anyway.


Oh wait... he's stupid enough to think he might have.

Nevermind.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,510 posts)
25. It's a distraction to bolster attacks on USPS. Worry more about R state legislatures.
Sat May 9, 2020, 02:05 PM
May 2020

Ratfuckers will continue.

DFW

(54,462 posts)
33. California has 54 electoral votes and they're all going to Biden
Sat May 9, 2020, 03:51 PM
May 2020

So, of COURSE Trump wants then thrown out. otherwise, he'll have to charter a plane to the Bahamas the day before the inauguration.

Brother Buzz

(36,486 posts)
51. Not so fast there, Quick Draw
Sat May 9, 2020, 05:12 PM
May 2020

We have 55 electoral votes for the 2020 election, all for Biden. We'll have to wait for the results of 2020 census results, but projections indicate we'll drop to 54 for the 2024 election.

That being said, my Magic 8-Ball says the orange anus will have to fly to the Bahamas by coach.

Retrograde

(10,168 posts)
40. CA has allowed all voters to vote by mail for decades
Sat May 9, 2020, 04:16 PM
May 2020

No excuse or reason required. In the early 2000s California let any voter in the state sign up as a permanent mail voter. Several counties have - including mine (pop. 1.9 million) have already been doing all-mail elections. All this decree does is make the option state-wide instead of county by county.

Anyway, Oregon has been doing this for years. It would be nice if news outlets would occasionally check their facts before disseminating them.

malaise

(269,237 posts)
46. The Con and his fellow ReTHUGs are the only folks going to be
Sat May 9, 2020, 04:29 PM
May 2020

thrown out. Fuck that criminally negligent ignoramus

Enoki33

(1,588 posts)
47. Make no mistake about his reason. He is here laying the foundation
Sat May 9, 2020, 04:30 PM
May 2020

for a bogus claim of voter fraud when he loses big in November. The criminal traitor will not be going quietly.

Lock him up.

(6,947 posts)
50. The EC will vote according to the results each State will tally.
Sat May 9, 2020, 04:48 PM
May 2020

And the orange virus and his corrupt henchmen have no say on how.

That's what makes US different than Russia in that matter.

On January 20, 2021 at noon, if it's still infecting the WH, the Secret Service will drag him out:

The official ceremonies of Inauguration Day start at noon on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol with the vice president-elect and president-elect Joe Biden taking the Oaths of Office administered by the chief justice of the Supreme Court.

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