It is an election for federal office so the federal govt can intervene.
Aren't you a teacher? Sounds like you need to take remedial Social Studies over the summer.
The United States is a constitutional republic. There are no "elections for federal office". The citizens of the several States vote for State Electors, and those Electors participate in the Electoral College. No one has ever cast a vote for president - they've voted for a representative in a Constitutionally established governing body with a limited scope.
All this wishcasting about "federal elections" sounds like some Daily Kos fantasy about "direct democracy". The entire point of a federal republican form of government is to preserve a conservative political environment in which governance is not subject to the whims of the mob.
"Direct democracy" is how you end up with travesties like the California Constitution. No thank you!