[centurion316]

after the 2000 election the federal government should have fixed and standardized election procedures nationwide.

Under the Constitution, this is a power allocated to the States.

[TexasFreeper2009]

There are 100’s of ways for the federal government to force states to do what they want. Not the least of which is to threaten to withhold federal funds if they do not obey. Plus a civil rights case could be made against this awful patchwork system.