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Changing the Election Date Would Be Difficult Even for Congress

  • An effort to move back elections would face practical problems
  • Unlikely chain of events would make Patrick Leahy president
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President Donald Trump has no power to change the date of the Nov. 3 election by executive order, but Congress could change the date if it wanted to.

It just doesn’t want to. But if it did, here’s how it would work: