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Developing Control of the process

Takeover of election rules by decree

Executive orders, emergency powers, or agency actions are used to rewrite who can register, how people vote, and what equipment is allowed, though the Constitution gives that power to states and Congress. So far courts have blocked the orders challenged.

Where this threat is

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