Trump can't delay the election, but he can try to delegitimise it
- Written by David Smith, Senior Lecturer in American Politics and Foreign Policy, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
Americans were alarmed last week when their president suggested on Twitter that the November 3 presidential election should be delayed because mail-in ballots would be fraudulent.
The president has no authority to change the date of an election. The US Constitution gives that power to Congress alone, and Republicans in Congress, including Senate...
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