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Explainer: Why Trump’s calls to ‘nationalise’ voting have raised midterm fears in the US
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US President Donald Trump has for long disparaged US elections as rigged.
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Nick Corasaniti
WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump has repeatedly suggested that he wants the Republican-led federal government to “nationalise” or “take over” the running of elections.
His position is at odds with the Constitution, which leaves the administration of elections to the states.
