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liberal N proud

(60,302 posts)
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 06:37 AM Aug 2016

A Candidate’s Death Could Delay or Eliminate the Presidential Election

Last edited Wed Aug 31, 2016, 11:56 AM - Edit history (1)


The presidential election could be delayed or scrapped altogether if conspiracy theories become predictive and a candidate dies or drops out before Nov. 8. The perhaps equally startling alternative, if there’s enough time: Small groups of people hand-picking a replacement pursuant to obscure party rules.



The scenarios have been seriously considered by few outside of the legal community and likely are too morbid for polite discussion in politically mixed company. But prominent law professors have pondered the effects and possible ways to address a late-date vacancy.


“There’s nothing in the Constitution which requires a popular election for the electors serving in the Electoral College,” says John Nagle, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame, meaning the body that officially elects presidents could convene without the general public voting.



“It’s up to each state legislature to decide how they want to choose the state’s electors,” Nagle says. “It may be a situation in which the fact that we have an Electoral College, rather than direct voting for presidential candidates, may prove to be helpful.”

http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/08/30/a-candidates-death-could-delay-or-eliminate-the-presidential-election-u-s-news/

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So the real question here: Why is this article showing up now? This election? What do they know that we don't?

Just found it a strange article given the rhetoric that has been tossed around by one side in this campaign season

Thank you admins
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A Candidate’s Death Could Delay or Eliminate the Presidential Election (Original Post) liberal N proud Aug 2016 OP
Weird timing, but those nuts actually believe the Clinton health conspiracies... Cooley Hurd Aug 2016 #1
True liberal N proud Aug 2016 #2
Putin had a political opponent in Ukraine poisoned with polonium....... scheming daemons Aug 2016 #3
A serious question. Jerry442 Aug 2016 #4
And that is why I posted it liberal N proud Aug 2016 #9
Like all Breitbart articles, this is total bullshit. MineralMan Aug 2016 #5
Because it is scary and given the Trump comments liberal N proud Aug 2016 #10
We held presidential elections during a Civil War and a World War. MohRokTah Aug 2016 #6
Why post Breitbard shit here? nt Demsrule86 Aug 2016 #7
See my response above. liberal N proud Aug 2016 #11
Sorry, I don't see it that way; it seems silly. nt Demsrule86 Aug 2016 #12
Well, as long as no one out there tries Trump's "Second Amendment solution" DFW Aug 2016 #8
I think Clinton's "Nineteenth Amendment Solution" will tromp Trump. nt JustABozoOnThisBus Aug 2016 #16
One can only hope! n/t DFW Aug 2016 #17
Did it occur to you that it was BS? onenote Aug 2016 #13
Cough (Bullshit) Cough cough FSogol Aug 2016 #14
Is this article showing up because Trump is ready to drop out of the race? nt JustABozoOnThisBus Aug 2016 #15
 

scheming daemons

(25,487 posts)
3. Putin had a political opponent in Ukraine poisoned with polonium.......
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 12:02 PM
Aug 2016

....and I wouldn't put it past pro-Putin actors in this country to try to do the same to Hillary.

Jerry442

(1,265 posts)
4. A serious question.
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 12:15 PM
Aug 2016

It certainly deserves serious discussion and scrutiny. Freakin' scary that Breitbart is bringing it up just now, though.

 

MohRokTah

(15,429 posts)
6. We held presidential elections during a Civil War and a World War.
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 12:18 PM
Aug 2016

A candidate dropping out or dying will not alter the constitutional mandate for a presidential election on November 8 and any suggestion to the contrary is simply BULLSHIT!

DFW

(54,059 posts)
8. Well, as long as no one out there tries Trump's "Second Amendment solution"
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 12:28 PM
Aug 2016

The question should remain hypothetical.

I think the greater danger is that some crestfallen Republican will try his own "Second Amendment solution" on Trump, although most of them seem too enamored of their artillery to waste any ammunition on the likes of him.

onenote

(42,383 posts)
13. Did it occur to you that it was BS?
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 04:51 PM
Aug 2016

I know why you posted it, but it didn't occur to you to spend 30 seconds doing a google search on the issue before you posted something with an inflammatory bullshit headline?

http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/ask-a-historian/20431

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