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NO- nearly all elections in the United states are held to choose to fill offices at the state amd local levels.Given this fact, it is quite understandable that most election law in the united states is StATE-not federal-law.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoYes. . .sort of. The U.S. Constitution provides for the election of Senators and U.S. Representatives, sets up the Electoral College, and requires that states maintain a democratic form of government. The Feds also have the right to interfere in state elections to prevent disenfranchisement of groups of citizens (i.e. racial minorities, women, or members of unpopular religions).
Beyond that, though, states can and do set their own rules. FALSE!!!!!!!!
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∙ 14y agoNot really. Elections for president are actually 51 separate statewide (and DC) elections. Each of the 51 outcomes selects Electors to the Electoral College who then cast their votes for president and vice-president. What that means is that we, as American citizens, do NOT have a Constitutional right to vote for president. And we don't have a Constititutional right to vote for the Electors either. Each state determines how its Electors will be chosen. If a state, through its Legislature, said, e.g., that the governor shall pick the Electors, then that's how it would be. Of course, citizens are now used to voting in presidential elections, and that could not happen in today's world. But we vote for Electors, not for president. And we get to vote for Electors only because our elected state representatives determined that that is how they will be chosen.
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