Richard Hasen

And I'm kind of skeptical that this document would be the executive order.

But it does kind of give us a window into the thinking of these conspiracy theorists.

So they change voter registration.

They would change...

the requirements for identification at the polling places, imposing a national system for that.

They would require states to match the voter registration with federal databases to try to figure out who's a citizen.

We don't have a good database of who is an American citizen.

They would change the rules for how ballots had to be tabulated.

They would change the timetable for the receipt of ballots by mail.

They would eliminate most

absentee balloting, and then they would require all lawsuits to be brought in federal court rather than in state courts.

It would be essentially a federal takeover of elections, making registration and voting much more difficult on a timeframe that would be impossible to do in time for the 2026 elections.

We've got to go to the Constitution.

The Constitution has a provision.

It's in Article 1 of the Constitution, which is the part that deals with Congress's powers.

It's in Article 1, Section 4.

And it basically says that states can set the time, place, and manner for running elections.

subject to Congress passing laws that override those rules for congressional elections.

So, for example, Congress has passed laws that say that when you elect members of Congress, you have to do it from single-member districts.

If you've got a state with 10 representatives, you can't have everyone elect all 10.