Fri Oct 2, 2020, 01:31 PM
Beachnutt (5,618 posts)
What happens to the election if
trump gets sick for a few weeks ?
Can the rethugs delay the election ? What happens if he is hospitalized passed election day ? Could this be his scheme ?
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12 replies, 1100 views
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Author | Time | Post |
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Beachnutt | Oct 2020 | OP |
samnsara | Oct 2020 | #1 | |
calguy | Oct 2020 | #2 | |
dragonlady | Oct 2020 | #3 | |
moose65 | Oct 2020 | #4 | |
PTWB | Oct 2020 | #5 | |
beachbumbob | Oct 2020 | #6 | |
Alpeduez21 | Oct 2020 | #9 | |
beachbumbob | Oct 2020 | #10 | |
Sherman A1 | Oct 2020 | #7 | |
Alpeduez21 | Oct 2020 | #8 | |
Sherman A1 | Oct 2020 | #11 | |
whttevrr | Oct 2020 | #12 |
Response to Beachnutt (Original post)
Fri Oct 2, 2020, 01:33 PM
samnsara (17,020 posts)
1. even dead people have been elected...
Response to Beachnutt (Original post)
Fri Oct 2, 2020, 01:34 PM
calguy (4,186 posts)
2. I think the election happens no matter what happens
Was bein discussed on another site I was watching earlier.
I'm sure all the news outlets will have an unending line of "in the know" guests on this week end to tell us all about it. |
Response to Beachnutt (Original post)
Fri Oct 2, 2020, 01:36 PM
dragonlady (3,577 posts)
3. Best guess
1. It goes on.
2. No. 3. He is still president unless pronounced unable to fulfill his duties and then Pence becomes acting president. 4. Who knows? |
Response to Beachnutt (Original post)
Fri Oct 2, 2020, 01:40 PM
moose65 (2,999 posts)
4. The Constitution explicitly says that Trump's term ends on January 20
That can’t be changed or postponed except by a constitutional amendment. States have the power to delay elections, but they can’t postpone them forever. If January 20 comes and goes with no new President, then we will say hello to President Pelosi.
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Response to Beachnutt (Original post)
Fri Oct 2, 2020, 01:41 PM
PTWB (4,131 posts)
5. He could be dead and still win the election.
It has happened before, more than once.
Vote!! |
Response to Beachnutt (Original post)
Fri Oct 2, 2020, 01:44 PM
beachbumbob (9,263 posts)
6. CIVICS 101
election goes on, people vote for the electors assigned to the candidates. If somehow a candidate should die, the respective DNC or RNC names a replacement. Hypothetically if trump dies, and wins the election, the RNC CAN ASSIGN the presidency. How do you like that?? Would they name PUTIN??? LOL
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Response to beachbumbob (Reply #6)
Fri Oct 2, 2020, 01:56 PM
Alpeduez21 (1,474 posts)
9. That is precisely why the scary potentials are freaking people out.
Response to Alpeduez21 (Reply #9)
Fri Oct 2, 2020, 01:58 PM
beachbumbob (9,263 posts)
10. makes more democratic voters by the second
Response to Beachnutt (Original post)
Fri Oct 2, 2020, 01:46 PM
Sherman A1 (38,958 posts)
7. I continue to be amazed at the lack of knowledge
Of how our system works.
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Response to Sherman A1 (Reply #7)
Fri Oct 2, 2020, 01:55 PM
Alpeduez21 (1,474 posts)
8. I posted a similar question to the OP
I got a lot of lazy answers like yours. I think your apparent understanding of basic civics is what shows a lack of knowledge. It is not as simple as merely voting for a person when it comes to presidential elections. For any other office votes are cast for a specific person. In the case of presidential elections one votes for electors who choose the president. If the candidate they are supposed to choose is dead or incapacitated can they pick anyone they want? This could become a very messy constitutional issue that goes WAY beyond whatever you learned in Schoolhouse Rock.
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Response to Alpeduez21 (Reply #8)
Fri Oct 2, 2020, 02:00 PM
Sherman A1 (38,958 posts)
11. I continue to be amazed at the lack of understanding
Of junior high civics.
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Response to Sherman A1 (Reply #11)
Fri Oct 2, 2020, 02:19 PM
whttevrr (2,345 posts)
12. The average American reads at the 7th- to 8th-grade level.
It's obvious the literacy in civics is lower.
https://www.wyliecomm.com/2019/03/us-literacy-rate/ The average American reads at the 7th- to 8th-grade level. — The Literacy Project [2] |