Trump made the remarks while accepting the "Patriot of the Year" award at a Long Island event on Thursday.

Summary

Donald Trump announced plans to reform U.S. elections, including mandating paper ballots, same-day voting, voter ID, and proof of citizenship, while eliminating mail-in voting.

Trump criticized California’s ban on requiring voter ID, calling for a nationwide overhaul. Though mail-in and early voting surged during the pandemic, Trump has long opposed these methods, claiming fraud, despite evidence showing fraud rates are extremely low.

Critics argue his proposals could disproportionately affect rural, disabled, and nonwhite voters, potentially disenfranchising key Democratic-leaning groups.

The reforms would mark significant shifts in U.S. election policies.

    • AmidFuror@fedia.io
      83·
      16 days ago

      Thanks for putting that plain text from the top of the post into a jpeg down in the comments.

    • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      45·
      16 days ago

      When he declared Nov would be the last election, and winning it meant they wouldn’t have to worry about elections again, he meant it!

      He’s doing exactly what he said he would do.

          • supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz
            15·
            15 days ago

            Shaming people for having deep moral quandries about voting for a candidate who is actively and directly facilitating genocide is pathetic and pointless and makes you look like a parody of yourself.

    • pivot_root@lemmy.world
      6·
      16 days ago

      When rural voters overwhelmingly voted for you, making it harder for them to vote seems like a great way to shoot yourself in the foot.

    • nutsack@lemmy.world
      4·
      16 days ago

      they can also add rules to restrict the number of polling places, resulting in disproportionately long lines in cities where democrats live

      • T00l_shed@lemmy.world
        5·
        15 days ago

        Often times yes, but they are in gerrymandered districts with adequate polling locations, plus they love to go out and vote for “their guy”

      • enbyecho@lemmy.worldEnglish
        42·
        15 days ago

        Aren’t rural people more republican leaning?

        In some places only slightly. Like 55/45. So it would still affect Democrats.

        Edit: I mention this because a lot of folks tend to assume rural areas are almost exclusively Republican and that’s very far from the truth even in super red states.