[ExI] Trump, in an Escalation, Calls for Republicans to ‘Nationalize’ Elections

[Darin Sunley]

The federal government manages elections in Canada, and basically every
other country in the world.
"If we proposed this, it would be awesome, but he wants it, so it's
terrible" is doing a little too much work here.

[Also "our proposed powers and legal infrastructure would be a national
disaster if the other party was ever elected" is not the flex they think it
is, and is really a fully general argument for principled libertarianism.]



On Tue, Feb 3, 2026 at 3:59 AM John Clark via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for
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> Trump, in an Escalation, Calls for Republicans to ‘Nationalize’ Elections
>
> The comments, made on a conservative podcast, follow a string of moves
> from his administration to try to exert more control over American
> elections.
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>
> https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/us/politics/trump-nationalize-elections.html?unlocked_article_code=1.JVA.en-q.1F5B4oljkawg&smid=em-share
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