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Legal Experts Question Trump’s Call for Nationalization of Elections

President Donald Trump has called on Republicans to take over the administration of congressional elections in multiple states, raising constitutional and democratic concerns, and sparking debate over whether such a nationalization of congressional elections would survive constitutional scrutiny.

OPINION: Newsom Is Calling the Bluff on Prop. 36’s Gamble

California voters approved Prop. 36, which would raise penalties for repeat offenders while offering treatment-or-felony alternatives, but the measure lacked a funding mechanism, leaving Governor Gavin Newsom to decide whether to veto the budget proposal that would provide $110 million in one-time money to implement the law.