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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsif and or when Dems win control of both houses and Dem president will they (2018,2020)
demand paper ballots across this great country once again?? Is this something the pres can do by executive order, stating national emergency?
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if and or when Dems win control of both houses and Dem president will they (2018,2020) (Original Post)
bluestarone
Oct 2017
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CK_John
(10,005 posts)1. It will be 2040 at best for both houses, and the states have a hard hold on elections.
DetroitLegalBeagle
(2,473 posts)2. No
Pretty much all control of the actual election process is done at the state level. Congress could pass a federal law demanding states use paper ballots, but its almost certain to face a court challenge on constitutional grounds and its doubtful it would survive. There is technically no national election, there are 50 individual elections. The President is elected by the Electoral College and each state is allowed to determine itself how those electors are selected.
bluestarone
(21,648 posts)3. amazing
how tRump can undo almost anything but seems like when we get control we can't do shit just saying
