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What would be the necessary point of departure, for any date after Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox, for the United States to establish a federal Department of Elections whose job would be to establish consistent, clear processes for elections, registration, ensuring the security of ballots and protecting citizens' right to vote? What impact would this have on US politics and history if there's a single, uniform and consistent set of rules for voting, ballot access and all other functions that are usually handled at the state level by the Secretaries of State?
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