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Fact check: Will ‘big beautiful bill’ really allow Trump to delay election?

US President Donald Trump appears at a 'Summer Soiree' held on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 4, 2025 [Leah Millis/Reuters]

A liberal group and social media users shared posts that say President Donald Trump’s “one big beautiful bill” for tax and spending would let him reschedule or eliminate elections.

“If the Senate passes the ‘one big beautiful bill’ and Trump signs it, that’s it. It becomes law,” said the viral graphic on Meta and X. “And here’s what that really means. He can delay or cancel elections – legally.” The post included a long list of other claims about what the bill would accomplish; for this fact-check, we are focusing on the elections claim.

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