Of federal overreach. As a conservative, I believe that the less government interference of people's lives, the better. But the Save America act does not federalize our elections. Article 1, Section 4 of the Constitution makes clear that while states determine the time, place and manner [of] federal elections, the Congress...may at any time by law make or alter such regulations. End of quote. That is, we in the Congress, in this body, have the constitutional authority to set certain rules of the road nationwide. (08:15–08:33)
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Asserts that Congress has constitutional authority to set rules for federal elections.
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