"Under the Constitution, it's the legislatures and states that really control how a state conducts its elections, and the president doesn't have any power to do that. But here we have a situation where the president is aware that there are foreign interests that are interfering in our election processes. That causes a national emergency where the president has to be able to deal with it."
"A group of MAGA activists are working with the White House to convince President Trump to declare a national emergency over allegations of Chinese election interference-a move they say would allow him to ban mail-in ballots and voting machines. Florida attorney and former Trump boarding school classmate Peter Ticktin told The Washington Post he has had certain coordination with the White House regarding the 17-page executive order draft."
MAGA activists, led by Florida attorney Peter Ticktin, are working with the White House to convince President Trump to declare a national emergency based on claims of Chinese election interference in the 2020 election. The group has drafted a 17-page executive order proposing that Trump ban mail-in voting, seize voting machines, enforce voter ID requirements, and potentially station federal troops in certain areas. Ticktin argues that foreign interference constitutes a national emergency justifying presidential action, despite the Constitution reserving election control to state legislatures. The effort represents an attempt to provide legal justification for executive actions Trump has already promised to pursue, using a rationale critics view as constitutionally dubious.
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