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30 September
7:36 pm

Article one section four is very clear that the time, place, and manner of our elections to be established by the state legislatures, and then the congress can have some rule making play in there.

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Adrian Fontes, at Arizona Secretary of State General Election Debate

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Why we checked itFontes is characterizing the specific content of Article I Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution regarding elections — worth checking whether this accurately reflects the constitutional text and its interpretation.
What we foundArticle I, Section 4 does indeed give state legislatures primary authority over the time, place, and manner of elections, with Congress holding a secondary but powerful rulemaking and override role — matching the substance of the claim.
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