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Jeff Mandell: “President Trump recently threatened to issue an executive…”

Featuring: Jeff Mandell, Leader Counsel and Board President, Law Forward | Wisconsin

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Law Forward's Jeff Mandell on Threats to Absentee Voting

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President Trump recently threatened to issue an executive order that would ban mail in voting across the country. But he can't actually do that. The Constitution is clear. Elections in this country are run by the states, not by the president. That's by design. Our founders wanted to make sure that we couldn't have this kind of executive overreach. (00:00–00:09)

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Asserts that President Trump cannot issue an executive order to ban mail-in voting nationwide.

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