It falls squarely within Congress's power to regulate federal elections, and does not infringe on any constitutional rights.
Both federal and state laws regulate elections.
On 23 March 1977, the laws regulating elections were published in the BOE, thus officially coming into effect.
To regulate such elections, Parliament passed the Presidential Elections Act.
Laws regulating elections were also passed; in fact, however, voters simply ratified choices previously made by church leaders.
Canons 23-30 regulate ecclesiastical elections and the collation of benefices.
The Eighth Circuit found that the provision exceeded the state's authority to regulate federal elections and violated the candidates' First Amendment rights.
Many countries have commissions which regulate elections in considerable detail and an Electoral Commission has now been created in Britain with extensive powers.
The first laws to regulate elections in England were passed in the reign of Henry IV.
The disputed act was seen as an individual decision in violation of then-effective constitutional procedure regulating early elections.