The Constitution assigns primary authority over the times, places, and manner of federal elections to Congress and the states, leaving the president without independent power to nationalize administration. Recent executive orders issued in 2025 and March 2026 that sought to impose voter registration standards, proof-of-citizenship rules, and other federal requirements have been blocked or struck down by federal courts, which have ruled such actions exceed statutory and constitutional bounds. Ongoing administration efforts to expand federal data collection, voter-roll checks via programs like SAVE, and deployment of monitors face similar legal challenges and state resistance ahead of the 2026 midterms. These structural barriers and judicial precedents underpin the 90% trader consensus against nationalization occurring.