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And replying to my own post - I was wrong. Thune thought it was worth addressing, and he came out and said "no chance"I see an opening for the regime:
Article I, Section 4, Clause 1:
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 Senators.The Constitution originally specified that Senators be elected by the state legislatures. That has since been changed.
Some discussion of that part:
By providing Congress power to preempt state election procedures, the Framers sought to prevent states from thwarting the Federal Government’s operation by using state law to manipulate or preclude elections for the House of Representatives.9 For example, during the Constitutional Convention Gouverneur Morris of Pennsylvania expressed concern that "the States might make false returns and then make no provision for new elections,"10 while Alexander Hamilton observed in the Federalist Papers that "Nothing can be more evident than that an exclusive power of regulating elections for the national government, in the hands of the State legislatures, would leave the existence of the Union entirely at their mercy."11 Despite the Elections Clause providing Congress power to preempt state law governing elections, Congress did not exercise this power until 1842 when it passed a law requiring that Representatives be elected on a district basis.12 Congress subsequently added contiguity, compactness, and substantial equality of population to districting requirementshttps://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/art...Seems that, if Trump the Magnificent and Perfect, could ram a bill through Congress, he could, indeed impose any voting regulations he wants, and take vote counting away from states. I assume that Trump the God has the best legal advice money can buy, so he already knows this.
Steve
