1. United States
2. Calif.
3. Letter

I am writing to urge you to oppose any effort to federalize or nationalize election administration. On February 3, 2025, President Trump called on Republicans to "nationalize the voting" in at least 15 places during an interview with Dan Bongino. This statement came one week after the FBI raided the Fulton County, Georgia elections office, with Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard reportedly putting Trump on the phone with FBI agents during the raid. The Constitution explicitly reserves election administration to the states. Article I, Section 4 grants state legislatures the authority to prescribe the times, places, and manner of holding elections. Any attempt to centralize this power at the federal level would violate our constitutional framework and the principles of federalism that have guided our republic for over two centuries. This administration cannot be trusted with such power. When the Director of National Intelligence involves herself in domestic law enforcement actions targeting election offices, and the President simultaneously advocates for federal control of state election systems, this represents a dangerous threat to the separation of powers and state sovereignty. Georgia already conducts secure elections with multiple audits, paper ballot backups, and bipartisan oversight. The 2020 election results were certified after three counts, including a hand recount, and upheld by Republican election officials and courts. Federalizing elections would not improve security but would concentrate unprecedented power in the executive branch. I urge you to publicly oppose any legislation or executive action that would transfer state election authority to federal control. Our democracy depends on decentralized election administration with local accountability, not federal overreach driven by partisan grievances.