Image: Voters cast their ballots at South Oldham Middle School on May 19, 2026 in Crestwood, Kentucky. (Photo by Jon Cherry/Getty Images)

Brad Reed of Common Dreams reports: “President Donald Trump raised eyebrows on Tuesday when he didn’t rule out declaring a “national security emergency for elections” ahead of the 2026 midterms that would let him restrict the use of mail-in ballots and require voters to provide proof of citizenship.

Rick Hasen, a law professor at UCLA and an expert in election law, told The New Republic in an interview published Wednesday that simply declaring a national emergency related to election security wouldn’t override states’ voting laws.

“The United States Constitution does not give the president power over elections,” Hasen explained. “We have a decentralized election system. Most of our election rules come from states, from state legislatures passing statutes.”

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