Trump Says Republicans Should Federalize State Voting Rules (3)

President Donald Trump called on Republicans to seize control of election processes from individual states, signaling that he may push for drastic measures to change the dynamics of the midterm elections.

“Amazing that the Republicans aren’t tougher on it,” Trump said in an interview Monday with former FBI official Dan Bongino. “The Republicans should say, ‘We want to take over, we should take over the voting in at least many — 15 places.’ The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting. We have states that are so crooked.”

Trump’s powers to change election policies are limited. The US Constitution endows ...