No, Trump Can’t Legally Federalize US Elections

Source: Wired
by Lily Hay Newman

“‘Remember, the States are merely an ‘agent’ for the Federal Government in counting and tabulating the votes,’ Trump wrote on Truth Social last month. ‘They must do what the Federal Government, as represented by the President of the United States, tells them.’ Nonpartisan election experts emphasize that this is a completely inaccurate and misleading interpretation of the US Constitution and the decentralized, state-controlled election model it describes.” (09/02/25)

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