so they could try and close all polling centers and not hold an election, and then they would follow 'the line of succession'...which is Nancy Pelosi. They very well could plan this as a last resort...start bombing polling centers and scare people from voting. I dug around and found this article, but haven't dug any deeper
“The question most people are asking is can the president cancel the presidential election. The short answer is no.
“Federal law makes it quite clear that the election should be held on the first Tuesday after the 1st Monday in November.
“This can only be changed through legislation that would have to be passed by Congress, signed by the president, and would then, most likely, be challenged in the courts.”
Donald Trump cannot cancel or postpone the November 3 general election by executive order, under the parameters of a national emergency or disaster declaration, or even if he declared martial law.
In an extreme scenario where the electoral college does not vote, Mr Trump’s term would still expire at midday on January 20, 2021.
This means control of the presidency would then go down the line of succession.
Unless Mr Trump is re-elected, there will be a new head of state next year.
Incorrect. You posted a prediction of the polling centers being bombed, which would most likely shut them down. I posted the results of such an action, which would be NO subsequent polling day and if we did not vote for whatever reason (your bombing, covid, whatever) the line of succession would be followed. I also posted where I got that information, a link to that information, and a disclaimer that it was a cursory look for that information and it may be incorrect, irrelevant, or my require further probing to actually realize the full impact of bombing the polling centers....which was your post.
Let’s start raising our voices. We are not going to take it anymore. Call your congress members now! 😡
so they could try and close all polling centers and not hold an election, and then they would follow 'the line of succession'...which is Nancy Pelosi. They very well could plan this as a last resort...start bombing polling centers and scare people from voting. I dug around and found this article, but haven't dug any deeper
“The question most people are asking is can the president cancel the presidential election. The short answer is no.
“Federal law makes it quite clear that the election should be held on the first Tuesday after the 1st Monday in November.
“This can only be changed through legislation that would have to be passed by Congress, signed by the president, and would then, most likely, be challenged in the courts.”
Donald Trump cannot cancel or postpone the November 3 general election by executive order, under the parameters of a national emergency or disaster declaration, or even if he declared martial law.
In an extreme scenario where the electoral college does not vote, Mr Trump’s term would still expire at midday on January 20, 2021.
This means control of the presidency would then go down the line of succession.
Unless Mr Trump is re-elected, there will be a new head of state next year.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1293909/us-election-2020-what-happens-if-us-election-cancelled-donald-trump
Incorrect. You posted a prediction of the polling centers being bombed, which would most likely shut them down. I posted the results of such an action, which would be NO subsequent polling day and if we did not vote for whatever reason (your bombing, covid, whatever) the line of succession would be followed. I also posted where I got that information, a link to that information, and a disclaimer that it was a cursory look for that information and it may be incorrect, irrelevant, or my require further probing to actually realize the full impact of bombing the polling centers....which was your post.
Well then, that may change the narrative to actually and legitimately allow POTUS to declare a state of emergency and hold on to power.