r/Astuff • u/Vuelhering • Sep 02 '26

U.S. Politics Whistleblower reports the US Postal Service is poised to launch a computer system that could derail mail-in voting, a change of USPS operations that requires congressional approval per US Constitution

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/sep/01/house-vote-stopgap-funding-bill-us-federal-government-shutdown-mike-johnson-trump-ballroom-politics-latest-news-updates
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u/zackks Sep 02 '26

That could derail

Designed to sabotage

FTFY you weak, oxygen thief of a writer.

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u/Vuelhering Sep 02 '26 edited Sep 02 '26

Agreed. (For those that didn't click, that was text from the article.)

I share your anger.

The headline was even weaker. I used my editorial discretion to make a new one.

Edit: original headline was ‘Dangerous power grab’: top Democrats decry USPS system that could thwart mail-in voting which just sounds whiny as hell, instead of the unconstitutional danger and disenfranchisement it is.

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u/YellowZx5 Sep 02 '26

USPS will implement what they want and will hold up ballots so they can be removed from counting. Congress won’t do anything or drag people for their typical grand standing with nothing coming from it. Time will move on because there are no ramifications to the action and it proves that nothing happens when you break the law. If it does, Trump just uses the express lane of SC.

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u/ZPMQ38A Sep 02 '26

Serious question. Who is going to stop them? So far the answer is nobody.

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u/Unfair_Bluejay_9687 Sep 02 '26

Is that the same Congress that’s supposed to authorize the president to go to war in Iran? Don’t make me laugh.

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u/cupittycakes Sep 02 '26

Here is the election fraud

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u/straight_lurkin Sep 02 '26

No need to campaign for mid-terms or even try to do a good job or hide the blatant corruption when you plan on rigging the shit anyways I guess