During the campaign, it was kind of hard to picture the specifics of how Trump might pull such a thing off. Alas, it’s getting less hypothetical by the week.

  • plateee@piefed.socialEnglish
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    4 months ago

    What I haven’t seen anyone weigh in on is the scenario where red states suspend their elections, and blue don’t.

    I have a hard time believing New York or Illinois would go along with emergency powers halting the election, but I could 100% see Texas or Florida doing so (especially if in those red states there are good indicators of seats flipping blue).

    So if even one red state calls off their election, what then? At least for midterms there isn’t a multi-state ballot - but what about the next election? Can a president be elected if some states refuse to have an election?

    This shit is so stupid and terrifying and fucking awful.