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So you make it so the states and counties and cities and voting districts that want to use a different process for their elections don't have to use the federal machines for anything but federal votes, but you still allow the federal machines to be used for down-ballot processes.

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You're still assuming that the federal government has the authority to dictate the voting process used for federal elections. IANAL and I don't actually know what the legality here is, but my assumption is the federal government doesn't have that authority, given that if it did, it probably would have exercised it by now.

Even simpler, just ask the President to decide who won each Federal race.

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