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RandySF

(83,613 posts)
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 03:42 PM 5 hrs ago

Citing Brexit, Trump DOJ pushes 'single day' elections ahead of Supreme Court case attacking mail voting

The Trump administration is ramping up its push to turn U.S. elections into single-day affairs — just days before the Supreme Court hears a case that could prevent millions of legally cast mail ballots from being counted nationwide.

In a recent interview, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon framed the administration’s election agenda around two goals: seizing state voter rolls and moving American elections toward a single-day model.

“The rest of the world has elections and they occur on a single day and then they have the outcome later that day,” Dhillon said. “The U.K. determined Brexit in an election that took place in a single day with the outcome later that day. Why can’t America do it?”

Dhillon did not note that the entire United Kingdom is about the size of Oregon — meaning ballots there travel far shorter distances through the mail than across the United States, where mail voting plays a much more vital role.



https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-doj-pushes-single-day-elections-ahead-of-supreme-court-case/

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Citing Brexit, Trump DOJ pushes 'single day' elections ahead of Supreme Court case attacking mail voting (Original Post) RandySF 5 hrs ago OP
Elections departments have trouble finding enough volunteers to run the elections tanyev 5 hrs ago #1

tanyev

(49,172 posts)
1. Elections departments have trouble finding enough volunteers to run the elections
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 03:48 PM
5 hrs ago

even with early voting periods reducing a lot of the load on election day. Not that Trump or anyone in his administration cares.

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