From struggling against rising oil prices to reportedly being out of touch with the news cycle, President Donald Trump has his midterm election work cut out for him. To improve his chances of winning regardless of voters' wishes, Trump has tried to restrict mail-in voting. Now a new report reveals that Democrats in at least one state have plans to counter Trump's attempted meddling.

"New Mexico officials are talking to FedEx and UPS about using their companies to deliver mail ballots instead of the Postal Service, said Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver (D)," reported The Washington Post's Patrick Marley and Justin Jouvenal on Sunday. "The cost would be manageable because the state sends out a relatively small number of mail-in ballots, she said. 'We are still planning for plan B in a worst-case scenario,' she said. 'There are other ways to deliver ballots.'"

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[–] 38 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (8 children)

The fact that you guys hold elections on a work day is insane to the rest of the world.

Edit: Apparently some US states allow early voting, as several people have now proudly berated me for not knowing

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  • [–] 5 points 2 days ago

    The funny thing is that vote at home states have several weeks to vote, there's multiple days off already included there in the weekends. So work doesn't have to interfere with voting at all...

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  • [–] 11 points 3 days ago (4 children)

    Every day is a work day for someone, having a designated day for voting is an outdated way to do it

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  • [–] 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

    Oh, I see, so because you can't have perfect, we shouldn't even try to make voting as accessible as possible ? That'sa rather defeatist take.

    People can also vote by mail, or even vote early in many countries (for example, 12 days before the actual election day, here in NZ), but I expect you'll find a reason to have a problem with that too?

    Honestly, the fact that you even tried that argument is astonishing.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago*

    The main problem isn’t that people can’t find time to vote. It’s that they won’t make time to vote.

    Voter turnout in the country isn’t great. We need to institute compulsory voting. There should be absolutely no excuses with at-home voting options.

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