Should President Have Emergency Power to Delay Election?
by TChris
Tom Ridge says terrorists may try to disrupt the presidential election -- a claim based on old information, according to Rep. Jane Harman, a member of the House Intelligence Committee -- and now the Bush administration would like the authority to delay the election if it believes such an attack has occurred.
Newsweek cited unnamed sources who told it that the Department of Homeland Security asked the Justice Department last week to review what legal steps would be needed to delay the vote if an attack occurred on the day before or on election day.
Update: The Newsweek article is here.
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