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In reply to the discussion: Should and could there be another election before 2020 if election was hacked? [View all]There's a constitutional mechanism for this...it's called impeachment. If you can get 2/3 of the senate and a majority of the house to find this is an illegitimate presidency, then they impeach in the house, convict in the senate and swear in Mike Pence.
Not my favorite outcome but that's the proverbial rule of law. Nothing anyway about invalidating elections.
Now it may be that Pence is equally guilty (which I actually think is likely). So the congress can go through it all again and then swear in whoever pence chooses as VP.
Wash, rinse, repeat...unfortunately, no number of cycles gets us to HRC.
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Should and could there be another election before 2020 if election was hacked? [View all]
Doodley
Aug 2018
OP
Maybe posting privileges on DU should be contingent on having read the Constitution
The Velveteen Ocelot
Aug 2018
#13
It's asked, apparently, to prove the addage "Hope springs eternal". No other explanation, really.
WillowTree
Aug 2018
#59
Suppose it was proven the voting machines were hacked and Clinton should have won.
Doodley
Aug 2018
#15
For the nine millionth time...YOU DON'T HAVE A RIGHT TO VOTE FOR PRESIDENT...
brooklynite
Aug 2018
#23
why? if we can't protect the 2016 election, why think we can protect a 2019 election?
0rganism
Aug 2018
#74