...And The Local Election Authorities Shall Appoint Winners To Be Installed Across The Land cued up.... 1 minute clip ArtIV.S4.1.1.2 Guarantee of a Republican Form of Government: Doctrine and Practice https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artIV_S4_1_1_2/ Article IV, Section 4: The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence.
Hey, blame Einstein, man, not the Star Wars dudes. Theory of Special Relativity says this has to be the case.
"... The speed of light in vacuum is the same for all observers, regardless of the motion of the light source or observer." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_relativity