""The Constitution gives the states the power to set the time, place, and manner of elections," the election lawyer Marc Elias points out. "It gives the President no [such] power." Yet, almost one year before the midterms, Donald Trump has called for a nationwide prohibition on mail-in voting, an option favored by Democrats, as well as restrictions on voting machines."
""I am very worried that we could have elections that do not reflect the desires and the voting preferences of everyone who wishes they could vote and have their vote tabulated accurately," Elias tells David Remnick. "That may sound very lawyerly and very technical, but I think it would be a historic rollback." Elias's firm fought and ultimately won almost every case that Trump and Republican allies brought against the 2020 election, and Elias continues to fight the latest round of incursions in court."
The Constitution assigns states the authority to set the time, place, and manner of elections, while the President lacks that power. Calls for a nationwide ban on mail-in voting and restrictions on voting machines have emerged ahead of midterms. The Justice Department has requested sensitive voter information from at least thirty-four states without clear explanation. There is concern that these actions could produce elections that fail to reflect voters' preferences and accurate vote tabulation. Legal teams that prevailed in 2020 continue to challenge new incursions in court. Partisan redistricting in states like Texas has prompted Democratic leaders to consider retaliatory gerrymandering strategies.
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