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[Elias, Marc (Perkins Coie)]

No, Trump Cannot Move the General Election
By Marc Elias<http://www.perkinscoie.com/melias/> on July 30, 2020

Originally Posted: March 31, 2020

We are three months into a major presidential election year and in the middle of a global pandemic. Not surprisingly, I am getting a lot of questions — from family, friends, reporters, political consultants, even from Members of Congress — about the impact that all of this may have on our elections. But there is one question that I get asked more than any other: is there any way—at all—that Trump can legally cancel or postpone the November General Election?

The answer is clearly no.

The president has no legal authority to change the date of federal elections — period. And though one court — one time — found that a congressional election, in part of one state, could be postponed by a few weeks, the circumstances under which the court found that was warranted does not apply in 2020 and could never apply to the office of the president.
Full article: https://www.democracydocket.com/2020/07/no-trump-cannot-move-the-general-election/



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