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 wh

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.