Even if election rules fall under state jurisdiction, states may not violate individuals' federally protected civil rights, such as the right to vote. In our scenario, the Democrats are claiming that the federal government is attempting to oversee states' voting rules to ensure they do not violate civil rights protections. The Republicans believe that this regulation is an over-reach of federal power into the state realm because it blocks states from making some laws without federal approval. How might this create complexity in defining state sovereignty in a federal system or complexity of policy making in a federal system