States asked the Trump admin. to affirm they, not the Feds, run elections. They were met with silence [View all]
Trump administration officials declined to affirm states’ authority to run elections during a private meeting with state election chiefs Wednesday, according to an election official who was on the call.
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows (D) said she asked Heather Honey, a senior “election integrity” official in the Department of Homeland Security, and other top Trump administration officials about recent comments from President Donald Trump urging the federal government to “take over the voting.”
“When we asked about state sovereignty and whether they could make public statements reinforcing the state’s authority over elections, there was stunned silence,” Bellows told Democracy Docket.
Honey and an official from the U.S. Department of Justice instead told Bellows that they’d be happy to follow-up with her “one on one.”
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/states-asked-the-trump-admin-to-affirm-they-not-the-feds-run-elections-they-were-met-with-silence/
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