Posted on 09/19/2020 2:55:46 PM PDT by PJ-Comix
Something is definitely going on with Joe Biden. His campaign this morning called a "lid" for him for the day which means he is remaining at home. I checked for tomorrow and again, he has no campaigning scheduled. In fact, so far I have seen NOTHING scheduled for him for next week.
In effect, his campaign has ground to a halt. Yes, there is definitely something going on behind the scenes. Probably a medical situation.
It take no stretch of the imagination to see that the Democrats might have to replace Biden on the ticket. However, since voting in several states have already begun, the question is what happens to those ballots already cast? You can't assume that just because a voter cast his ballot for Biden that it should automatically go to whatever Democrat they replace him with, such as Hillary. In fact, the Constitution does not even refer to political parties.
Also what happens to all the mail-in and other ballots already printed up? Would they have to be ditched?
If we take advantage of that gift and confirm her replacement in the next thirty days. It would be very nice if the confirmation were by 50-50 in the senate with Pence breaking the tie.
“The electors vote for the person who won on Election Day. If that name is replaced, those during early voting are tossed.”
Electors are chosen by their party as an honor for long service to the party. If Biden is dead, sick or in a nursing home, the Electors he won will vote the way the party tells them. Now some in this unique scenario might well go rogue. Most of them will have little to lose.
You keep bringing up the Constitution like it matters, it doesn't, these are democrats we are talking about.
Live?
Or a prepared text written & released without his knowledge?
I’ve been one. I know how it works.
Isn’t it about time for him to come down with fake covid so he can back out of any debates and other appearances?
The t-shirt should say “Race-bait and Switch”
6-4??
“Just good enough to pull this off”
to pull what off?
“it’s a relatively simple fix ... and that replacement is on the ballot on Election Day.”
ballots are printed weeks in advance, so what happens when there’s not time to reprint them?
Don’t agree. In advanced dementia, any part of the body can go haywire fast. And it looks advanced to me.
Live.
As far as write-in candidates go, at least in Florida, one must pre-qualify to mount a write-in campaign. They then submit their list of electors. FS 103.022
Regarding substitute candidates, " If the name of the new nominee is submitted after the certification of results of the preceding primary election, however, the ballots shall not be changed and the former party nominee’s name will appear on the ballot. Any ballots cast for the former party nominee will be counted for the person designated by the political party to replace the former party nominee." FS 100.111(3)(a).
Each State sets the rules for how the Presidential Electors shall function and the Supreme Court has ruled that "faithless elector" laws are Constitutional. I cannot find such a statute for Florida but it seems logical that if a presidential candidate has withdrawn and was replaced by the party, that the electors are essentially unbound at that point. But each state would have its own rules.
They go to Trump.
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Hilarious!
Hell, nobody’s voting for Plugs anyway. All votes cast are either FOR or AGAINST DJT! Plugs is the quintessential cardboard candidate!
he can last until November.
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He might. OTOH he may croak five minutes from now.
Semantic haggling is a waste of time.
Its a hell of a mess — I like the idea of Trump nominating Biden to the Supreme Court — LOL
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That is a really interesting proposition. I wonder how the sitting Justices, the politicians and the electorate would react to such an in-your-face event. I don’t think even Trump has the balls to do that!
You actually vote for the electors. If Zombie Biden carried the state but he was back in his crypt. The substitute Rat would get them.
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