“Electoral Federalism: Centralized or Decentralized Elections?” (Conversation Between Kevin Kosar and Me)

Constitutional Conversations:

Richard Hasen and Kevin Kosar are both concerned about the polarizing partisan divide in American political life.  Hasen believes that “rampant conspiracism leads to contagion, not containment.” He argues that in the future “Federalism and decentralization will not save us from an attempt at election subversion.” Kosar is wary of centralizing elections authority at the national level, and argues that “By assigning authority to conduct federal elections to the states, the US Constitution makes it far less likely that any president or cabal of legislators can control the elections. This strikes me as a critical bulwark for our representative democracy.” …

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