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To: blu

No. In a presidential election, you aren’t voting for president directly. You are voting for electors pledged to the presidential candidate of a political party. If a candidate dies or is rendered too ill to function after ballots are printed, the national committee of the party can tell electors by registered letter to vote for a different candidate. Something similar happened in 1872 when the losing candidate died before the Electoral College voted.


758 posted on 05/27/2020 11:25:36 PM PDT by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill & Publius available at Amazon.)
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To: Publius

In Mo. Deadman Carnahan stayed on the ballot and Dems just announced who was going to be appointed.


760 posted on 05/27/2020 11:29:16 PM PDT by greeneyes ( Moderation In Pursuit of Justice is NO Virtue--LET FREEDOM RING)
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