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“The electors vote for the person who won on Election Day. If that name is replaced, those during early voting are tossed.”

Since this scenario has never happened before, we don’t know for sure what will happen. Some, but not all, states have laws requiring Electors to vote for who won their state. However, I believe those laws allow punishment for Electors who are ‘unfaithful’, but do not, in fact change the Electors’ votes. It is the Electors who vote for President and Vice President, not the voters in November.

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.