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A draft emergency executive order to declare a national emergency to allow President Donald Trump to take unprecedented control over voting is being circulated by anti-voting activists who said they are in coordination with the White House.

Voting rights experts, democracy advocates, and at least one state election chief said Trump doesn’t have the authority to claim such powers — and any attempt would be blatantly unconstitutional.

The draft order — which is said to be based on a conspiracy theory that China interfered with the 2020 election — would allow Trump to unilaterally ban mail-in ballots and voting machines on the basis that they are susceptible to foreign interference.

The order comes from MAGA activists who have been coordinating with the White House. One of the advocates for the order is Peter Ticktin, the attorney for Tina Peters, the former GOP Colorado county clerk who is currently serving a nine-year state prison sentence for her role in a 2021 voting system breach, in an attempt to find voter fraud based on election conspiracies.

The Elections Clause of the U.S. Constitution explicitly gives states — not the president — sole authority over elections.

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[–] super_user_do@feddit.it 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

here in italy there was a referendum about increasing workers' rights but all the right wingers siad that voitng is for communists who eat babies and that if you vote you vote you want the shadow elite governmetn to eradicate all the italian culture to replace it with a muslim califfate and remove the existencve of christianity from the history of humanity, but now that we're about to vote for the government-supported judiciary reform that will give the governmetn direcet control over the election of the judges, all right wingers are rushing to vote

[–] myrmidex@belgae.social 5 points 1 day ago (3 children)

that will give the governmetn direcet control over the election of the judges

Weird, in Belgium a similar law was struck down by the constitutional court the other day. Hearing this from Italy, I can't help but think this is being orchestrated on a higher level.

[–] trackball_fetish@lemmy.wtf 3 points 14 hours ago

I can't help but think this is being orchestrated on a higher level.

That gut instinct is correct (unfortunately). I have really wicked pattern recognition and noticed this a few years ago - initially with brexit then over time with the following countries (in no order): usa, japan, argentina, bolivia, brazil, ecuador, peru, venezuela, india, israel, philippines, south korea, poland, romania, slovenia, australia, germany, etc..

It's statistically impossible that each of these places having an attempted (or successful) coup was random. Sure some of them already had problems or were never truly Democratic but if I was a betting man..

What's worse is that it isn't even hidden really - if you read through the epstein files released by his estate, which includes his personal ichat convos, there are many discussions on rigging elections in this exact way.

Tl;Dr, cybernazis

[–] orbitz@lemmy.ca 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Doesn't Bannon do a lot of work in Europe and Italy specifically? Well lobbying and such and apparently trying to create a force of people. Sure he has his project 2025 orders to focus on from those higher ups.

[–] myrmidex@belgae.social 4 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

Indeed, he set up the necessary structures in Brussels a few years back. Local news coverage was minimal at best.

Also not surprising that the Belgian prince Laurent is in the Epstein files. Ties in nicely with Bannon and Trump.

[–] orbitz@lemmy.ca 2 points 13 hours ago

Thanks for the link, I knew I read it somewhere. Like I think if everyone knew and understood what that meant things could change. Unfortunately these days that's as likely as me hitting a home run it seems. Not that it'd take much to explain if the media wanted to....we all know why they don't, anyone that can own big media is a billionaire and loves the outcome.

How anyone can follow Bannon, a dude who looks like he's stewing in his own juices, is beyond me. I'd even say half the people following him could overtake him without much issue but for some reason they just want to be a sheep even if they're 'alpha'. It's like if Urkel (showing my age but yes Family Matters show) was an evil genius and hoodwinked others.

[–] super_user_do@feddit.it 3 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

It is part of project 2025. Fratelli d'Italia (the party of Giorgia Meloni, the Italian prime minister) and the republican party are very tight with each other. So much that Giorgia Meloni herself participates republican rallies and conventions sometimes so I wouldn't be surprised if they're following the diktats of the republican party or any foreign imposed authoritarian agenda 

[–] myrmidex@belgae.social 3 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

ahhh now my penny drops. They are in the ECR fraction in the European Parliament, same fraction as NVA, the party of Belgium's prime minister, and also the minister of defense who's a vocal Trump supporter, still. It makes sense now. An orchestrated effort indeed. Starving the beast in Belgium, stripping social security, increased subsidies to billionaires, it's all in that playbook I guess. And the silly social-democrats in governemnt yelling 'without us it would be worse' lol. All goddamn bastards.

[–] trackball_fetish@lemmy.wtf 2 points 14 hours ago

Yep, traitors the lot of em.