According to article I, section 4 of the Constitution, States have the primary role in establishing the time, place, and manner of holding elections for Senators and Representatives, while Congress has a purely secondary role and must restrain itself from acting improperly and unconstitutionally.
Laurel Lee: “According to article I, section 4 of the Constitution, States have the primary role in establishing the time, place, and…”
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Lee argues that states should control election rules, opposing federal intervention.
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