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dawg

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11. This is an absolutely terrible idea.

Reply to Progressive Jones (Original post)

Sun Apr 5, 2020, 10:08 AM

Apr 2020

Our patchwork electoral system allows plenty of opportunities for localized fraud and tampering, sometimes in key states or districts. But a federalized system would open the door for system-wide manipulation by a despot, an anti-democratic cabal, or foreign interlopers.

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I would like to see all national elections put under complete Federal control. [View all] Progressive Jones Apr 2020 OP

I'm still hopping to have mail-invoting in Nov. but after DT did his little tirade on it yesterday, napi21 Apr 2020 #1

Trump says what he's told to say by his masters. Progressive Jones Apr 2020 #3

It would require a Constitutional Amendment. TwilightZone Apr 2020 #2

Not gonna happen. The Constitution gives that power to the states. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2020 #4

With someone as unscrupulous as trDump I am not sure if you would want the federal government to ... magicarpet Apr 2020 #5

No thanks... stillcool Apr 2020 #6

I wasn't suuggesting that the Fedss get involved, but that each Staate would opt for mail-in voting, napi21 Apr 2020 #7

With Trump in control? No thanks. NT enough Apr 2020 #8

Because they've been doing such a great job jmg257 Apr 2020 #9

So, you'd put those elections in the hands of the Trump administration? MineralMan Apr 2020 #10

This is an absolutely terrible idea. dawg Apr 2020 #11