U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agrees with him that letting voters send in ballots by mail puts honest elections at risk.

"Vladimir Putin, smart guy, said you can't have an honest election with mail-in voting," Trump told Fox News Channel's "Hannity" after a nearly three-hour meeting between the leaders in Alaska. "He said there's not a country in the world that uses it now."

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[–] 201 points 1 year ago (3 children)

You know Putin, the king of honest elections...

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  • [–] 103 points 1 year ago (23 children)

    "He said there's not a country in the world that uses it now."

    Sweden does, and probably other EU contries aswell.

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  • [–] [S] 72 points 1 year ago (11 children)

    Canada does, and all we have to do is request a ballot be mailed to us (in or out of country).

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago (10 children)

    Some US states do this as well. Here in Colorado they mail you your ballot a few weeks before election day as the default. You are able to mail it back, but most people drop them off at secure boxes around town on their own time. You can still vote in person but its way more of a pain in the ass to do, idk why anyone would. Mailed ballots are far better

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I can't ever imagine going back to filling out a ballot at the polling location. It's so much easier to do at home, when you can take time to actually research all eleventy-billion candidates for federal and state and county and city, then props and measures and....

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Voting isn't like a test, where the questions are unknown before you get your hands on it. Sample ballots are available well before you go to vote, allowing you to research all the candidates and ballot issues as much as you want, before showing up at a polling location.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    And as far as I'm aware, every state lets you bring a "cheat sheet" with you, in case you don't remember who you preferred for city council position #5 when you looked up the candidates last week.

    I spend a day or two making my cheat sheet so that I don't have to figure out what all the down-ballot stuff is the day of.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago*

    This is one of the most terminally online things I've ever seen...

    If anyone reading this is stressed about voting in person (and don't have a viable mail-in option), you need to know that your anxiety is completely unfounded. You will be just fine, trust me.

    If the first time you're seeing the candidates/issues is when you step into a voting booth, you're doing it wrong.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    Washington State uses only mail voting, it’s fantastic. You get your ballot in the mail, a voter booklet with candidate statements, and you can use a drop box or USPS to return your ballot. Then you can check your ballot status online and get a text when your ballot is received! It’s wonderful when your state actually wants people to vote

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    republicans only do it in person, thats probably why the gop banks on thier votes, and they dont voter suppress thier districts either, they do it in a democratic county though.

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  • [–] 28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Poland have it. After you regiester, the national mailmen will come to your house on electiin day, but you vote in the sealed envelope and hand-deliver it to the balot box... Becouse, you know, disabled people exist. They have the right to vote. Any system that doesnt create the real opportunity to vote for people that have the right to vote is not democratic.

    We all are going to be disabled at some point.

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    [–] 89 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Just to provide some non-sarcastic comments mail-in voting is a source of liberty and democracy for the citizens of the United States. It is a stalwart safeguard against being bullied and harassed at the polls.

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago

    It also protects against intentionally underfunding polling locations in minority areas to suppress votes. No one should ever need to learn the phrase "if you're in line when the polls close, stay in line", because voting backups shouldn't exist in the first place.

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  • [–] 149 points 1 year ago (14 children)

    I thought they were there to discuss the Ukraine War? How did they get to mail in ballots?

    Also, why the fuck would the US care what Putin thinks of how the US elections are run?

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  • [–] 63 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    Have you watched even two minutes of Trump trying to speak on any topic?

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  • [–] 52 points 1 year ago* (4 children)

    Yet Trump been in office and you criticize him like he been there for four years already

    In a paltry 6 months, he's done far more than four years' worth of damage to international relations and American citizens' rights. That's more than fair game for criticism, if you ask me.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    Zero.

    The number of people mentioning Biden before you. Also, the number of people that give two shits about Biden at this point in time. Like tRump, staying on topic requires a modicum of intelligence and focus.

    By the way, illegals can be anything those making the laws says it is. It's a slippery slope, and when reduced to fewer and fewer people determining what is and isn't illegal, the faster it is subject to change. You should hope whatever in group(s) you belong to now never fall out of favor with those in charge.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Get the fuck out of here "illegals don't have rights." What kind of person says that other than a psycho?

    Jesus, you bootlickers are sickos.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    Also, why the fuck would the US care what Putin thinks of how the US elections are run?

    Take a quick look at Putin/Russia's electoral history for the past couple of decades, and maybe it'll become more clear

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  • [–] 63 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Who gives an actual fuck about how Putin thinks the US ought to do things?

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  • [–] 60 points 1 year ago

    The president of the fucking United States taking democracy lessons from Russia...

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  • [–] 59 points 1 year ago

    This means we absolutely SHOULD have mail-in voting. Basically take anything putin and drump say and do the opposite and you'll be correct.

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  • [–] 45 points 1 year ago

    Wow. Trump (Krasnov) pushing usa policy with advice (orders) from Putin! Holy shit!

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  • [–] 38 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    why in the fuck are we asking him anything?

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Yeah who the FUCK needs his advice on elections other than "how to rig them"

    Goddammit Alaska you've got so many guns...

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Red state, they like him there. give it time, tho

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    There were so many liberals protesting tho, and even they've got guns up there!

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  • there were, relatively speaking. but Anchorage is a really small place. the crowd that gathered there are a sadly stark minority, even as nice as it was to see them.

    however, the kind of civilian that tends to live in Alaska is generally a little unusual. if there would be an aspiring leftist assassin, it's one of the only places that value the cultural norms that would create one. so it's not entirely unpossible

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    [–] 38 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    We don't give a fuck what Putin thinks. He's the example of what not to do.

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  • [–] 37 points 1 year ago

    Who knew they were discussing how to subvert democracy instead of what they were suposed to discuss. Putin is definitively Trumps handler.

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  • [–] 37 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    "He said there's not a country in the world that uses it now."

    Yes, blindly listen to what Putin says and ignore all the countries that do have working mail in voting.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago*

    I see at least one state on here that should be yellow. Where did they source their info from? (Edit: sorry I'm on mobile so digging into it would take a while. I can look from my computer later)

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  • [–] 35 points 1 year ago

    Just taking some notes on democracy from an actual fascist dictator. No biggie.

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  • [–] 34 points 1 year ago

    Of course the fascists want everyone susceptible to voter intimidation. Yawn.

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  • [–] 32 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Oh! Well, if Putler says it, I guess it's right, then.

    Trump is such a bitch.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    My question is why the fuck would Trump and Putin be talking about elections during a negotiation for peace for a country being attacked who isn't even present.

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    Vladimir Putin said that voting in general is putting honest elections at risk.

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  • [–] 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Who the fuck cares what Putin thinks about anything?

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  • [–] 28 points 1 year ago

    I don't give a fuck what Putin, or Trump for that matter, says. Fuck them both. They're lying as usual.

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  • [–] 28 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    "See this dictator agrees with me.."

    We don't give a fuck what Putin says! He doesn't live here! He's not our president, fuck off!

    I really wish that orange turd would just kick the bucket already.

    Release the Epstein files.

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  • [–] 28 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Two obituaries I can't wait to read.

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  • [–] 27 points 1 year ago

    Like Putin is an expert in free and fair elections.

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  • [–] 27 points 1 year ago

    My mommy let me visit my friend Vlad and were were talkin', ya know. And he said, you know what? I agree with you that mail-in voting is bad. And I said, yeah, right? See I know my friends agree with me. I'm going to go back and tell mommy what my friend Vlad said and say "See, mommy, even Vlad agrees!"

    Fucking toddler child loser leader of MAGA losers. WTF is wrong with these people?

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  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    that's evidence you're wrong, you fucking muppet

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  • [–] 23 points 1 year ago

    Headline: Trump says Putin agrees with him US should not have mail-in voting

    FTFY Subby.

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  • [–] 23 points 1 year ago

    Maybe because Russia barely has a functioning road system to even get the votes mailed?

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago

    “You shouldn’t have mail in voting, because we can’t hack mail. So ….get rid of it”

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  • I hate this cuntery.

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  • [–] 36 points 1 year ago

    Holy fuck, who cares? Trump is in the Epstein files

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Postal voting isn't a secret ballot so there is concern wherever people aren't entitled to a private residence of their own. However the accessibility and the presence of paper ballots for recounts (which reduces conflict and increases trust) is such a larger social insurance.

    Its obvious why free countries embrace mail in ballots especially in a heavily rural country like the US.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago*

    Secret ballots are really important. There should be an effort into making in person voting more accessible and ending postal voting imo. Not american though, but i know my country historically had a very big problem of people being coerced to vote for certain candidates. The vote now is secret, spreaded all around the country and public transportation is free on voting days, which are on weekends.

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