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bluestarone

(21,641 posts)
Thu Oct 26, 2017, 12:14 PM Oct 2017

if 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 OP
It will be 2040 at best for both houses, and the states have a hard hold on elections. CK_John Oct 2017 #1
No DetroitLegalBeagle Oct 2017 #2
amazing bluestarone Oct 2017 #3

DetroitLegalBeagle

(2,472 posts)
2. No
Thu Oct 26, 2017, 12:37 PM
Oct 2017

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.

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