Rachel Maddow warned viewers on Monday that President Donald Trump plans to interfere with midterm election results, following the Supreme Court’s recent 7-2 ruling against his executive order instructing the US Postal Service (USPS) to block states from distributing and collecting mail-in ballots.

Trump’s order, which he signed last March, would’ve directed the USPS to refuse to deliver mail-in ballots to anyone whose information hadn’t been properly submitted to a new state citizenship list maintained by the federal government.


“Trump is counting on confusion, uncertainty, and a lack of confidence in the mail-in voting system to suppress voter turnout,” she said.

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    6 hours ago

    Im literally involved with elections… like… professionally…

    I understand people dont want to drive to a ballot drop box or to a voting center. You can continue to vote by mail. That hasnt been taken away.

    If you dont receive your ballot by mail, you have to go ask the Recorder where your mail-in ballot is. If you do vote by mail, you should check to see if your ballot was accepted.

    What misinformation am I spreading? Quote it please.

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      You aren’t the only one who has worked elections and you truly do not know what the fuck you are talking about. You don’t. You have that fucking haoli arrogance where you think you know shit about something you have no fuckiing experience with.

      We vote by mail in Hawaii. There are drop boxes as backups but they aren’t the primary way people should be voting. They need to put their ballots in the mail. Its hard enough to get them to do that.

      Even even a somewhat significant fraction of people had to use the drop boxes, it would be a complete fucking disaster. We’re not built for it, and unless you are in the county clerks office, shut the fuck up because you don’t live here and you don’t know what the fuck you are talking about.

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        5 hours ago

        Im literally in the county clerks office… So…

        Which part is misinformation? Please quote it.

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            No, answer my question. You wanna go around saying Im spreading misinfo, which part is the misinfo? Ill answer your question after you answer mine.

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              In 2024 maybe 10,000 people voted in person at Honolulu Hale. People waited in line almost 3 hours to cast their votes. Only 10,000 votes out of 300k. And it was a headline making mess. We don’t have the infrastructure for in person voting, because that’s not how voting is set up to work here. Why are you lying to people about this?

              Its practically and physically impossible, and deeply irresponsible to tell people to not vote the way our election system is set up to work. We vote by mail in Honolulu. Use the system as intended. Put your ballot in the mail.

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                Per your article:

                State Rep. Darius Kila, a Democrat who represents a district on Oahu’s Westside, said many of his constituents were unaware of the voting service centers that provided early voting.

                So like I said…

                GO.
                VOTE.
                EARLY.

                How is that misinformation?
                I never said dont go vote.
                There is no main way you HAVE to vote.
                You have options.
                Ive laid out the other avenues.

                BALLOT DROP BOXES.
                VOTER SERVICE CENTERS.
                USPS. (This is where Trump is trying to make sure your ballot doesnt count)

                If you dont utilize those options, and wait until the last day to vote, you have chosen to wait in line to vote. You are misinformed. You are hurting yourself and your community if you are the one causing lines to stay long and disencouraging others to vote because they dont want to wait in a line with you.

                Do your part. Vote early so you dont make the line longer on Election Day. Dont wait until Nov 3rd to cast your ballot.

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                  God you are fucking dense. This isn’t about what one fucking voter does. Its about what voters do.

                  Stop discouraging people from voting by mail in Hawaii, and if you actually knew what the fuck you were talking about, you would know the damage that you are doing. I don’t fucking believe you in the fucking slightest on your claim you work for the fucking county.

                  You need to shut the fuck up about shit you don’t know about fucking haoli. You don’t know fucking shit about how shit works here. You think bruddah in Makaha gonna go stand at Kapolei Hale three fucking hours to fucking vote? You telling westsider they get show up one kine in person, you telling westsider not vote.

                  Stop fuckign spreading misinformation.

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                    1 hour ago

                    Lets make a bet. Go to Kapolei Hale on Oct 26- Oct 30 and cast your ballot. If there is a 3 hour line on any of those days, ill delete my account and stfu forever.