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Stinky The Clown

(67,819 posts) Fri Aug 6, 2021, 01:36 PM Aug 2021

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Can 2022 midterm voting rights be protected by way of Executive Order?

A short term fix, but getting more critical with each passing day.

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Can 2022 midterm voting rights be protected by way of Executive Order? (Original Post) Stinky The Clown Aug 2021 OP

No qazplm135 Aug 2021 #1

Doubtful. The Constitution gives states authority over elections. I doubt an EO can take Karadeniz Aug 2021 #2

Actually, the Constitution gives Congress the authority over elections, not the states. Fiendish Thingy Aug 2021 #3

qazplm135

(7,447 posts)

1. No

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Fri Aug 6, 2021, 01:52 PM

Aug 2021

Short answer.

Karadeniz

(22,573 posts)

2. Doubtful. The Constitution gives states authority over elections. I doubt an EO can take

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Fri Aug 6, 2021, 01:55 PM

Aug 2021

precedence over the Constitution.

Fiendish Thingy

(15,657 posts)

3. Actually, the Constitution gives Congress the authority over elections, not the states.

Reply to Karadeniz (Reply #2)

Fri Aug 6, 2021, 02:25 PM

Aug 2021

https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artI_S4_C1_1_1_1_2/

And no, Biden can’t issue an EO.

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