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Shelley Moore Capito: “I don't want to federalize our election so that every state…”

Featuring: Shelley Moore Capito, Republican | U.S. Senate West Virginia

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Published | Video Starts at 08:48

We know President Trump has had made some comments about nationalizing elections as well. Is that an idea you stand behind or do you have concern about that? Well, yeah, I don't want to federalize our election so that every state has the same election parameters. And our secretaries of states can't form and function their election practices that their legislature puts forward. So this doesn't do this. (08:48–08:53)

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Asserts opposition to federalizing elections to standardize election parameters across states.

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