Source: Washington Monthly
by Joshua A Douglas
“Donald Trump has bold ideas for changing our elections. While most of his proposals would make our voting rules worse, there’s a silver lining. Given the decentralized nature of our election system, he has little official power to implement the new rules he supports. … The U.S. Constitution says that state legislatures determine the ‘times, places, and manner of holding elections’ for Congress, though Congress can step in to ‘make or alter’ those rules. The Constitution gives the president no power over voting beyond signing or vetoing congressional laws. States scrupulously guard their constitutional authority to regulate elections, often opposing federal statutes that dictate rules for administering elections.” (12/16/24)
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2024/12/16/trump-voting-changes-limited-power/