“The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.”
I realize that we live in a post-Constitutional, post-Christian America, however, if one wants to follow the Constitution, then it is crystal clear that only the state LEGISLATURES can change election law - not the governors or secretaries of state unilaterally like we saw in 2020 “because covid”.
Further, due process requires the Courts to address the matter. They failed to do so and are the cause of all of this including Jan. 6.
The language also clearly states that Congress can change elections laws, which is what the Dems were trying to do with Biden and they nearly accomplished it were it not for Sinema and Manchin... now is the time for the new Speaker to attach voter ID and ban on ballot harvesting to government funding.
That’s exactly right, but I will address this particular point in the context of my own state, where this came up in multiple legal challenges.
1. Under the state election laws, the voting is required to be carried out according to provisions A, B and C.
2. However, state law gives the governor or Secretary of State the power to do X, Y and Z when a “state of emergency” is declared.
3. X, Y and Z blatantly contradict A, B and C.
4. So we have two conflicting state statutes — both of which were duly passed by the legislature and signed into law by the governor.
5. The state courts decided in favor of X, Y and Z.
6. When legal challenges were filed in Federal court, the court gave a two-fold response: (A) “There is no basis for a Federal court to overrule a state court in a matter of state law,” and (B) “It’s not the job of the Federal courts to fix the conflicting laws passed by your stupid state government.”
THE END.