"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion... But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all."
— Arthur C. Clarke
For a president of the United States to nonstop shitpost this kind of ass-vomit and dumbfuckery, the degree of derangement, jealousy, and insecurity has to be off the charts.
Think about all the column inches and headlines devoted to Graham Platner over the past week versus Ken Paxton and then tell me again we have a ‘liberal’ media.
Sigh. Why won't anyone do research before posting?
Responding to your six points.
1. Yes. It is legal. States have different laws.
Still has to come from a registered voter, has to be returned in the return envelope assigned to that voter, there is no evidence of mass mail theft, and it has to have the voter's signature, which is checked (part of why it takes a long time).
2. California verifies identity through return envelope barcode and signature verification -- as is done for many financial and legal instruments.
This is the same way it's done in Utah, Colorado, Arizona, Oregon, Washington, etc.
3. Unattended drop boxes. You do realize that every USPS box is an "unattended drop box," right?
That's why it's nice that all Californians can track their mail ballots. And so too can the election officials.
4. Homeless regularly paid to vote. I'll settle for 5 proven examples in recent elections. Also, homeless are allowed to register and vote.
5. You're just pointing out that California is an "all mail" state and that almost everyone votes by mail as a result. Yes. And that's part of why it takes so long.
California does voter list maintenance. Otherwise it would have a laundry list of lawsuits under the NVRA.
And, for better or worse, you can't remove somebody from voter rolls just because he doesn't vote. So if you, e.g., move out of an apartment, but don't tell the registrar, and don't fill out change of address with USPS, then a mail ballot is still showing up to your address. And if the new resident simply throws it in the trash, then you're not taken off the voter rolls just because you didn't return a ballot.
Now, if you're suggesting that states should share information with each other, such that they know when somebody registers in a different state, then I agree with you.
That's why California should join ERIC. And it's why it's a shame that some states have left ERIC in recent years. That's bad for voter list maintenance.
6. This is just comparing apples to oranges. And you can easily Google the differences in the two systems.
But first, as a factual predicate, you might want to be more careful. I'd suggest you start with this New York Times article: "Why Do Elections in India Take So Long?"
https://t.co/FxLClkvYrv
It’s repetitive but still vital to say. There is NOTHING to Trump’s vote fraud assertions. There was nothing to them in 2016. Nothing in 2020. Nothing in 2024. Nothing in 2026. NOTHING AT ALL.
The answer was "because a bunch of people who never watched the show think all non right wing media is biased." Once you accept that theory, as Weiss has, there's no alternative to changing your reporting to placate the right.
Trump walking out on Kristen Welker today reminded me of his 60 Minutes interview with Lesley Stahl in 2020. Different interviewer, same result: when he can’t control the narrative, he walks out like the petulant man-child he is. Fucking snowflake.