"For months, the Trump administration has stoked doubts about the integrity of American elections largely through lawsuits designed to create the impression states aren't doing enough to keep ineligible voters off the rolls. That effort escalated significantly last week when the FBI raided the election office in Fulton county, Georgia and seized ballots, along with other materials, related to the 2020 election. Shortly after the raid, Trump escalated his attack even further, saying the federal government should take over elections."
"The Republicans should say, We want to take over,' he said during a recent interview with Dan Bongino, the former deputy FBI director who has returned to hosting a podcast. We should take over the voting, the voting in at least many 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting. Democracy experts believe there is no longer any doubt about Trump's desire to interfere with this fall's elections."
Donald Trump publicly pushed for federal control over state-run voting after an FBI raid on Fulton County's election office that seized 2020-related materials. The administration has pursued lawsuits aimed at creating impressions that states fail to remove ineligible voters from rolls. Trump explicitly suggested nationalizing voting and taking over elections in multiple places, heightening concerns among democracy experts about intent to interfere in upcoming contests. Constitutional provisions reserve election administration to states under Article I, Section 4, with Congress authorized to set nationwide rules for federal elections, leaving no presidential authority to seize control.
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