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never heard from again. Second choice...

Actually, I don't have a second choice.

Did they not see the female hand of Karma swiftly approaching? Wtf!

for the GOP Women Minority Outreach Committee.

a meltdown, nothing less will get the job done!

Grand Old Pyrotechnics!

primary season began, the GOP heavy hitters were making every effort they could to minimize the drama en route to the convention.

Looks like things took a wrong turn somewhere.

This is most delightful.

He is the nominee. Voting has started. He can resign if he gets elected, and then the VP would take over.

..the election and Ryan now steps in as proxy candidate till its over. We never see nor hear from Trump. We get Ryan/Pence till Nov 8th.
Sooo... Ryan rides in on his white horse & saves the Repub Party.
I can actually see this happening. They will campaign for the Repub Senators & Reps for the duration..

Well that's one possibility

But I think he will do the opposite of what you are suggesting here.

I predict he still runs full bore as he has been.

This campaign is so bizarre!
I just want it over at this point.

Looking forward to this election being done and Trump going away.

and you don't actually directly vote for the candidate. It can be a real mess. The Democrats did sub out Torricelli this late in a Senate race.

The Constitution doesn't recognize political parties, but individuals. Trump is on the ballot and he is who people are voting for. Anything else will end up in the Supreme Court, to say nothing of what 14 million RWNJs will do

The name Donald J Trump is on the ballot. The GOP can disavow and disown him all they want. We vote for parties from convention, Constitutionally, it's the individual that wins or loses. If "Donald J Trump" wins the election, no matter who the GOP pretends it is, it is *his*. You could only adjust that by convincing the electoral college to vote for someone else. The House only gets involved if the electoral college can't get a majority.

Any attempt to cause any of that could and likely would result in a suit to invalidate the action and very likely found in Trump's favor, which could create some major disruption/distraction. But yes, this is actually part of the reason for the electoral college in the first place.

But in any case, to override the clear desire of voters, and then force him off the ballot will have major consequences. It's a losing strategy, no one would be dumb enough to agree to it and try to be President. Too late for any sort of campaign or prep, to say nothing of not being able to get onto ballots.

His followers would likely be trying to take things into their own hands before any of that.

they encourage people to vote for the republican ticket no matter what the ballot says.

in the unlikely event that the republican ticket wins, then attention shifts to the electoral college.

most states require their electors to vote for the assigned candidate, though sometimes a few are faithless and vote for someone else. so most trump electors vote for trump, but a few trump electors vote for the new guy, and the few electors from states that allowed a change certainly vote for the new guy.

in any event, the idea is to deny trump 270 actual votes in the electoral college. this throws the election into the house, which then picks the new guy.

The GOP's favorable scenarios are all imploding.

Under such circus circumstances.

This is all theoretical.

Have you been paying attention to what kind of person he is? He thinks this is working. He is PROUD of this shit! His non-apology is evidence of that.

The GOP's hands are tied, Trump will not relinquish the nomination for any reason.

A what if...what alternative would be availible in such a scenario because I do not know the procedure. So I asked.
Not questioning IF Trump will resign, but how such a scenario plays out in our election laws.

...the first result is "a presidential candidate quits."

Yeah, it's worth considering, if just to make sure it's actually legal. The GOP has to follow its own rules when it comes to this, and I saw somewhere else that it's death, illness, or quitting, with no other options for replacement. And I bet that having known Putin for as long as he has, just for his own safety, Trump is pretty much poison-proof at this point.

"Trump drops out" is one of googles top suggestions

The rules are a matter of public record. Look them up.

Trump is on the ballot and people are already voting. How would they go around that?

..they know or perhaps inform other posters who ALSO MAY NOT KNOW BUT WOULD FIND IT AN INTERESTING SCENARIO TO DISCUSS.

or I could Look It Up.
But then that would defeat the reason for beginning the conversation.
I don't mind when a DUer posts a question.
I am more than happy to join the conversation and add what I can or be enlightened by others answers.

I have never told someone who asks a question on DU to Look it Up

wtf.

...I suppose I was getting tired of reading it over and over.

Didn't mean to be rude.

Its been a long & wearing campaign on all of us.

It needs to be over.

If, for example,a presidential or vice-presidential candidate were to die a week before the election, so that reconvening was absolutely impossible, neither major party would allow the other party to win by default. Each party allows its national committee to fill a vacancy.

The problem for the GOP is that the RNC can't create a vacancy.

And then convince the electors to vote for _______ on December 19

It won't be a successful plan, but that would have to be the plan. But Trump would have to resign and that is really unlikely.

Some people already voted and whoever voted fro Trump, voted for Trump. Not somebody else. How could it be justified that vote for Trump is a vote for somebody else?

They are really voting for the slate of people who will vote for president. Those people vote on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December (December 19, 2016).

Its normal for people to be concerned tho.
The Repub Party has proven to be completely untrustable with their desperate moves.

No one knows wtf they're up to next. Can't wait till this is finally over.

But if Trump leaves, there will be two Republican candidates splitting votes. The Trump who is on the ballot, and the Pence (or whoever) who is the write-in vote. Those votes can not and would not automatically be combined. If either one of those candidates happened to beat out Hillary, THEN those electors would have the authority to cast their votes for one or the other. But with a split between Pence and Trump, it would be a tough task for either man alone to beat out Hillary...

of the electors would not necessarily help the situation for us. If electors started to vote every which way nobody would reach 270 and it would be sent off to the House.

I'm certain the Repubs have looked at every possible angle to win this election and this may be their preferred choice, since Trump cannot win by our normal process.

May as well end it all

There might even be such cognitive dissonance in his mind he will have a breakdown of sorts, maybe.

I think at best they will try to salvage their Senate & House seats.
They have to know they cannot win by votes, at this point.

He was the first to denounce - no doubt to position himself (that sniveling weasel).

That is the descript I've been searching for
Thank you

LOL

to the next highest vote getter: Cruz. The GOP, of course, does not think fairly and would probably move Pence to the top of the ticket and draw names out of a hat for VP. If they were smart, they would cede this election right now and get on about the business of saving their party.