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There is no legal justification for the Federal Gov't to take over elections in the US, as that is the purview of the State's, according to the constitution, if I'm not mistaken.
And that only matters if it is enforced.
So my understanding of the creation of the US constitution was most of the framers were the oligarchs of their day. Rich, businessmen, landowners, brewers and so on.
They, their money and power, was directly affected by the British attempts to tax them. So they came up with a social contract (albeit a broken one, riddled with contradictions and errors (all men, ahem, not black, are, apparently, created equal)) in order to convince a whole lotta people to put their lives on the line to fight for their ~~money~~ freedom.
The people who should be leading the US into grinding general strikes, the democrat party, and its money men (entertainers, Hollywood and a host of corporations) have yet to have their money affected by Trump and his oligarchs/fascists.
Until they are you are on your own
Which is why a grass root movement needs to start pushing for a general strike, a national, union for the people, not based on employment that supports and funds front line protesters and people in critical jobs, to strike without losing their homes and families.
There is a wealth of funds from just a single multi millioniare that could be setting up food and support for large scale protests.
But until their doors are kicked in they won't give a shit. Which is why I've stopped watching US anti Trump shows like Colbert, Seth and Stewart.
They made millions and millions of dollars warning us about trump, speaking truth to what mainstream politicians refused to say let alone do something about. Yet they won't speak truth that justice, freedom and equality are no longer universal anymore. The social contract is being ripped up.
Which is why you can't leave it up to anyone who claimed to be a leader.
Start organising. Start meeting with your neighbours, community and start finding like minded people