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Trump, seeking executive power over elections, is urged to declare emergency (washingtonpost.com)
12 points by martialg 111 days ago
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The justification being used:

> Pro-Trump activists who say they are in coordination with the White House are circulating a 17-page draft executive order that claims China interfered in the 2020 election as a basis to declare a national emergency that would unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting.