How would it be possible for a POTUS to suspend elections -- the purview of the states?

[Ms. Toad]

43. The legislature has absolutely nothing to do with it in all but about 5 states.

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In those states, their role is limited to appointing the head of the election board. Once the head is appointed, they run independently.

There are rules, and every election board I've worked with is extremely careful to observe them. (I've worked, in a couple of different capacities with election boards in at least a dozen state, at both the state and local level.) Your "sky is falling" perspective is not warranted as far as elections.

In every jurisdiciton I'm aware of, the election board is made up of equal numbers of democrats and republicans. At every step of the election, members of both parties are present.

In elections I've participated in as an observer on behal of the Dem presidential candidate, that care about ensuring bipartisan representation has included the Republican observer notifying the Democratic observer that they are short republican precinct workers - to ensure that everythign is done by the book so there is no question about the validity of the election.

Volunteer to be an observer at the next election. It will give you more comfort about how seriously election boards take their responsibility.