Trump called on Republicans to nationalize voting. What does that mean?
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President Donald Trump made headlines on Monday when he called on the Republican Party to “nationalize” the voting process without explaining what that means exactly.
“The Republicans should say, ‘We want to take over,'” Trump said on former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino’s new podcast. “We should take over the voting … in at least many, 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting. We have states that are so crooked, and they’re counting votes.”
Trump did not specify which states or jurisdictions he believes Republicans should target, nor did he outline any specific legal or legislative pathway to accomplish such a move. So what is he proposing?
Nationalizing voting means transferring control over elections from state or local governments to the federal government to make the voting process more uniform across the country. Each state decides how its elections are run, ranging from mail-in ballots to voter identification.
Trump is aggressively pushing for Congress to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, otherwise known as the SAVE Act, to require proof of U.S. citizenship for voter registration.
A number of House Republicans tried attaching the SAVE Act to the funding deal that would end the partial government shutdown. Trump clarified there would be “NO CHANGES” to the funding package, promising a legislative pathway for Republicans to pass the bill.
After speaking with the White House, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) and other House Republicans indicated they would vote to approve the funding deal without the SAVE Act. The vote to advance a five-bill appropriations package and a 10-day continuing resolution to fund the Department of Homeland Security, among other bills, is set for Tuesday.
In a previous statement to the Washington Examiner, White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said Trump “cares deeply about the safety and security of our election,” and pointed to his support for Congress passing the SAVE Act and other reforms that would impose requirements on no-excuse mail-in voting, photo ID rules, and ballot harvesting practices.
Other ways to nationalize voting include federal oversight of election administration and security, as well as oversight of national election infrastructure, such as voting databases and system standards. It’s unlikely this would mean federal officers physically running every polling location across the country.
In a statement to the Washington Examiner, the Republican National …
Why resist verification?
President Donald Trump made headlines on Monday when he called on the Republican Party to “nationalize” the voting process without explaining what that means exactly.
“The Republicans should say, ‘We want to take over,'” Trump said on former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino’s new podcast. “We should take over the voting … in at least many, 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting. We have states that are so crooked, and they’re counting votes.”
Trump did not specify which states or jurisdictions he believes Republicans should target, nor did he outline any specific legal or legislative pathway to accomplish such a move. So what is he proposing?
Nationalizing voting means transferring control over elections from state or local governments to the federal government to make the voting process more uniform across the country. Each state decides how its elections are run, ranging from mail-in ballots to voter identification.
Trump is aggressively pushing for Congress to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, otherwise known as the SAVE Act, to require proof of U.S. citizenship for voter registration.
A number of House Republicans tried attaching the SAVE Act to the funding deal that would end the partial government shutdown. Trump clarified there would be “NO CHANGES” to the funding package, promising a legislative pathway for Republicans to pass the bill.
After speaking with the White House, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) and other House Republicans indicated they would vote to approve the funding deal without the SAVE Act. The vote to advance a five-bill appropriations package and a 10-day continuing resolution to fund the Department of Homeland Security, among other bills, is set for Tuesday.
In a previous statement to the Washington Examiner, White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said Trump “cares deeply about the safety and security of our election,” and pointed to his support for Congress passing the SAVE Act and other reforms that would impose requirements on no-excuse mail-in voting, photo ID rules, and ballot harvesting practices.
Other ways to nationalize voting include federal oversight of election administration and security, as well as oversight of national election infrastructure, such as voting databases and system standards. It’s unlikely this would mean federal officers physically running every polling location across the country.
In a statement to the Washington Examiner, the Republican National …
Trump called on Republicans to nationalize voting. What does that mean?
Why resist verification?
President Donald Trump made headlines on Monday when he called on the Republican Party to “nationalize” the voting process without explaining what that means exactly.
“The Republicans should say, ‘We want to take over,'” Trump said on former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino’s new podcast. “We should take over the voting … in at least many, 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting. We have states that are so crooked, and they’re counting votes.”
Trump did not specify which states or jurisdictions he believes Republicans should target, nor did he outline any specific legal or legislative pathway to accomplish such a move. So what is he proposing?
Nationalizing voting means transferring control over elections from state or local governments to the federal government to make the voting process more uniform across the country. Each state decides how its elections are run, ranging from mail-in ballots to voter identification.
Trump is aggressively pushing for Congress to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, otherwise known as the SAVE Act, to require proof of U.S. citizenship for voter registration.
A number of House Republicans tried attaching the SAVE Act to the funding deal that would end the partial government shutdown. Trump clarified there would be “NO CHANGES” to the funding package, promising a legislative pathway for Republicans to pass the bill.
After speaking with the White House, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) and other House Republicans indicated they would vote to approve the funding deal without the SAVE Act. The vote to advance a five-bill appropriations package and a 10-day continuing resolution to fund the Department of Homeland Security, among other bills, is set for Tuesday.
In a previous statement to the Washington Examiner, White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said Trump “cares deeply about the safety and security of our election,” and pointed to his support for Congress passing the SAVE Act and other reforms that would impose requirements on no-excuse mail-in voting, photo ID rules, and ballot harvesting practices.
Other ways to nationalize voting include federal oversight of election administration and security, as well as oversight of national election infrastructure, such as voting databases and system standards. It’s unlikely this would mean federal officers physically running every polling location across the country.
In a statement to the Washington Examiner, the Republican National …
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