Dialing in Monday on the podcast of former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino, who stepped down last month and returned to podcasting, Trump repeated unsubstantiated claims of noncitizen voters skewing election results, saying it is “amazing that Republicans aren’t tougher on it.”
“The Republicans should say, ‘We want to take over, we should take over the voting, the voting in at least many, 15 places,’” Trump told Bongino. “The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting.” ....
What the Constitution says
The Constitution decentralizes the U.S. election process and has specifically left the President out. Article I, Section 4, Clause 1 states that “the Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing [sic] Senators.”
In practice, this means local officials across thousands of jurisdictions administer elections and tabulate votes, with safeguards built in that the American Bar Association says makes it “almost impossible for systems to be breached on a scale to affect federal or state results.” (read it all)
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