Summary
Trump’s recent executive order on elections includes a provision allowing the DOJ to withhold federal funding from states that do not enter into agreements on election law violations and voter roll maintenance.
Critics argue this exceeds presidential authority and could coerce states into ceding control over election administration.
Experts warn it could undermine state autonomy and lead to punitive funding cuts over routine voter roll maintenance errors.
Legal analysts predict challenges, citing potential overreach and conflict with congressional authority.
What’s crazy is that in Canada we couldn’t imagine federal elections being handled by the provinces and the centralization means voting conditions are pretty much the same over the whole country (except in very remote location where they send planes to let people vote), but in the US centralizing it with the current administration is just scary…