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Supreme Court May Decide Key Election Rules Soon
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- President Trump is pushing for congressional Republicans to take federal control over election processes in select states he claims are corrupt.
- The Supreme Court is considering cases that could end racially gerrymandered districts and halt ballot counting after Election Day.
- Republican leaders are divided on Trump’s proposal, with some supporting federal intervention and others rejecting it on constitutional grounds.
President Trump has proposed that congressional Republicans nationalize election integrity, targeting states he describes as having widespread corruption.
He voiced this stance during a recent interview with Dan Bongino and reiterated it to reporters in the Oval Office, arguing, “We should take over the voting, the voting in at least many — 15 places.”
Trump maintains the federal government should step in if states fail to ensure free and fair elections.
“Look at some of the places—there’s horrible corruption on elections—and the federal government should not allow that,” he said. “The federal government should get involved.”
Steve Bannon, a notable MAGA figure, has gone further, advocating for ICE and military involvement at polling locations.
House Speaker Mike Johnson aligned with Trump, citing cases where Republican leads eroded after late-arriving ballots. “It just looks on its face to be fraudulent,” Johnson said.
Some top Republicans, including Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Sen. Rand Paul, and Sen. Ron Johnson, have rejected Trump’s plan, calling it unconstitutional and contrary to the traditional state-run election system.
The Supreme Court could soon address two central election topics: race-based redistricting and post-Election Day ballot counting.
Louisiana v. Callais, currently before the Court, questions whether a newly drawn majority-Black district violates constitutional protections against racial gerrymandering.
Rulings in this case could reshape how states consider race in redistricting and limit the authority of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
The Supreme Court is also set to review Mississippi’s absentee ballot deadline law in Watson v. Republican National Committee, which permits postmarked ballots received within five days of the election to be counted.
The federal courts so far have ruled that ballots must be received by Election Day, citing federal election-day statutes and the Supremacy Clause.
This decision may result in significant changes to absentee ballot counting procedures nationwide.
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