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No, Trump Can’t Legally Federalize US Elections
The United States Constitution is clear: President Donald Trump can’t take control of the country’s elections. But he can sow confusion and fear.
“Remember, the States are merely an ‘agent’ for the Federal Government in counting and tabulating the votes,” Trump wrote on Truth Social last month. Many top election officials who are Republicans supported the March executive order, particularly because of its rhetoric about expanding requirements for proof of citizenship for voting. For its part, the National Association of Secretaries of State—which has some of the country's top election officials as members, though not all of them—told WIRED that “NASS staff shared [the March executive order] with our members for their awareness" and “in regard to the recent social post by the President, as an association, NASS would need to review any concrete executive order(s) or legislation on these matters before potentially weighing in.”
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