The president suggested postponing the presidential election in a tweet on Thursday July 30, but he doesn’t have that power
Donald Trump boards Air Force One in Maryland on 29 July. Photograph: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images
Sam Levine in New York – The Guardian – Published onThu 30 Jul 2020 18.18 BST
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No. The president cannot act on his own to move the date of the election. The constitution gives state legislatures and Congress the ability to set the dates of elections. It does not give the president any power to do so. Continue reading
