[jeffdavis]

Isn't it at least a little scary to you to nationalize the voting process? Would you want a Voting Administration with presidential appointees deciding how to register voters, collect votes, and count them?

I guess other countries do things that way with lots of observers, etc. to try to avoid the worst problems. But I'm not excited about my state/county giving up its role (which it seems to do just fine) under the theory that the federal government will do better in some other state and county that doesn't currently do a good job.

[lidHanteyk]

If you want to elect folks to federal offices directly, then you need a federal vote. The current system requires an awful lot of trust to be invested into states that have consistently shown themselves unable to justify being trusted.