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Markwayne Mullin: “Article 1, Section 4 [of the Constitution] says that the…”

Featuring: Markwayne Mullin, Republican | U.S. Senate, Oklahoma

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Those two are the only ones that's been vocal about it, saying that it's, that is federalizing the election. But if you actually go to Article 1, Section 4 [of the Constitution] says that the federal government can do certain things with federal elections, not state elections. State elections are state bound. They can have their own state regulations underneath it. But we already set like the distance between when a runoff has to take place or … (09:13–09:25)

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Asserts that Article 1, Section 4 of the Constitution allows federal regulation of federal elections.

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