By now, you know that President Trump is trying to interfere with the Post Office prior to the election. This is due to plans for the unprecedented mail-in ballot effort caused by COVID 19.
In some cases, this has meant that post boxes disappeared from neighborhoods as part of a suspiciously timed “downsizing” effort, as the Post Office is repurposed as a “business” and not a “service.”
It’s a service…and it’s our service.
It delivers the mail and during an election in a pandemic, it delivers mail-in ballots.
Who hides mailboxes in the middle of an election?
Any other president would do everything to ensure the system was ready for such a important task.
Not this president.
He is doing everything in his power to denigrate its integrity and hinder its operations.
What can you do?
You can carefully fill out your ballot and vote early
You can pay to send your ballot by trackable Priority Mail
You can drop it off on Election Day at an actual polling place. One hopes that standing in line is not involved for simply dropping off a ballot…one can always hope…
But, if you vote early, you still don’t know if your ballot will arrive—or if it will be handled properly once it gets there.
If you send it with tracking, you may know that it arrived, but you won’t know how it will be treated.
And if you drop it off on Election Day, you contribute to the last minute deluge of ballots, but at least you’ll know that the ballot made it to the polling place.
There is no good solution when the Federal government won‘t assist with the challenge and may actively work to hinder it.
So...back to what to do:
—If it’s close, don’t accept the election
—Don’t accept Supreme Court interference or any effort to cut off the careful counting of votes
—Demand that the election validate disputed ballots, due to signature differences, and the like
—No winners until all the votes are counted
Make every vote count. It is, above all, your civic duty.
If the worst happens, we’ll deal with it, but the election must be fair.
Support coverage of Election Day suppression, such as multi-hour wait times and changed polling places. Use social media to tell your elected representatives and officials that you will not stand for it.
Rise up.
Tell them the world is watching and support those who bear witness.
We have the means to monitor a fair election, through our collective vigilance.
Confirm your polling place then confirm it again. Take peoples’ names. Record video of people who try to turn you away—capture their excuses.
Ask them to repeat themselves, so there is no confusion.
If they move your postbox—move your ballot—to a place that counts.
Do not succumb to anger, but persist and keep the pressure on.
With different procedures and customs throughout every corner of the land, every vote must count.
You are making history, and the forces against you are desperate and unstable. They wouldn’t take these actions, if they weren’t.
Hold them accountable. History and the world will thank you.
Let nothing stand in your way.