What legal experts say about the Trump administration’s attempts to make a federal case out of state elections

By Naomi Schalit, Politics and Legal Affairs Editor, The Conversation, The Conversation · October 26, 2026

A crucial US Senate election in Alaska is the latest target among many Trump administration efforts this year to assert unconstitutional control over federal election administration by states.

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