Elections Clause

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constitutional clause provision of the United States Constitution

The Elections Clause is the constitutional provision that grants states primary authority, subject to congressional oversight, to regulate the times, places, and manner of holding federal congressional elections.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Elections Clause canonical	2
Elections Clause of the U.S. Constitution	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional clause ⓘ provision of the United States Constitution ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Times, Places and Manner Clause NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesTo	elections for the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ elections for the U.S. Senate ⓘ federal congressional elections ⓘ
basisFor	federal statutes governing congressional election procedures ⓘ
citedIn	election law litigation in federal courts ⓘ
constitutionalOrder	original Constitution (not an amendment) ⓘ
distinguishedFrom	Electors Clause NERFINISHED ⓘ Qualifications Clauses ⓘ
doesNotApplyTo	presidential elections ⓘ state and local elections ⓘ
doesNotRegulate	substantive voter qualifications for federal office ⓘ
enables	federal regulation of ballot design and election mechanics for congressional elections ⓘ federal regulation of redistricting for the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ federal regulation of voter registration procedures for congressional elections ⓘ
foundIn	Article I of the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ Article I, Section 4 of the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ
governs	manner of holding elections for Senators and Representatives ⓘ places of holding elections for Senators and Representatives ⓘ times of holding elections for Senators and Representatives ⓘ
grantsAuthorityTo	state legislatures ⓘ
grantsPower	to prescribe the manner of federal congressional elections ⓘ to prescribe the places of federal congressional elections ⓘ to prescribe the times of federal congressional elections ⓘ
hasLevelOfGovernment	federal ⓘ state ⓘ
historicalContext	drafted at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ⓘ
interpretedBy	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
language	English ⓘ
legalSystem	United States law ⓘ
primaryFunction	allocation of power over the times, places, and manner of holding federal elections ⓘ
purpose	to allow state-level administration of federal elections subject to federal supervision ⓘ to prevent states from undermining the national government by refusing to hold federal elections ⓘ
regulates	procedural aspects of congressional elections ⓘ
relatedCase	Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ Cook v. Gralike NERFINISHED ⓘ Rucho v. Common Cause NERFINISHED ⓘ Smiley v. Holm NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedToConcept	congressional authority over elections ⓘ federalism in the United States ⓘ separation of powers ⓘ
reservesPowerFor	Congress to make or alter state regulations ⓘ
subjectTo	congressional oversight ⓘ regulation by Congress ⓘ
textBeginsWith	"The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives" ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Article I, Section 4 of the United States Constitution → hasShortName → Elections Clause ⓘ

Colegrove v. Green → hasConstitutionalProvisionInvolved → Elections Clause ⓘ

Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc. → statuteInterpreted → Elections Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Elections Clause of the U.S. Constitution