""It has been baked in that the states are largely in charge of the election process, and that the federal government can set or override rules for that process if they wish, but it's very specific that that has to be done through Congress and not through lone executive action," said Justin Levitt, a constitutional and law of democracy scholar at Loyola Law School who was a non-partisan policy adviser for Democracy and Voting Rights during the Biden White House."
""They didn't want one federal executive in charge of his or her own election process," Levitt said. "They saw a danger for corruption and for not actually following the will of the people, so they put the states in charge.""
""The federal government should get involved,""
""at least 15 places""
Calls for nationalizing U.S. election administration propose federal takeover and involvement in "at least 15 places". Claims of widespread voter fraud have been repeatedly asserted, but only small instances have been uncovered and none have affected declared outcomes. Constitutional structure assigns primary election oversight to the states and allows federal changes only through Congressional action. The founders designed the division to prevent a single federal executive from controlling elections, citing risks of corruption and subverting the will of the people. Centralizing election administration would therefore confront significant legal, historical, and institutional barriers.
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