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Trump Repeats Call to ‘Nationalize’ Elections, as White House Walks It Back (www.nytimes.com)

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President Trump’s extraordinary comments were the latest iteration of his unsubstantiated claims that U.S. elections are rigged as Republicans face potentially big losses this fall.

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[–] JackBinimbul@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

"Nationalizing" elections also gives the president control over whether or not elections happen at all. As it stands, Trump can try to announce that there will be no elections and states can tell him to pound sand.