Remember that lots of FReepers have Armageddon fantasies. They like the idea of holing up in their compound and living off the land and occasionally stopping their idyllic life to shoo away some itinerant liberals that come begging for help.
LOL ... yes, that's true...
But, in the interest of "full disclosure" here... I must say that I believe in "Armageddon" too -- but the one I believe in -- is the one that the Bible says is going to happen, and just before the return of Jesus, the Messiah of Israel to this earth to set up His world-wide rule over all nations.
Some FReepers do think that's a "fantasy" unfortunately. I don't, but just doing the "full disclosure" thing here ... :-)
Refusal to take "the easy way" and do things by rule of law, is what separates us from the 3rd world banana republics.
Yes, indeed... many seem to be quick to turn us into a "third world banana republic" all right ... :-) or else they say, we must violate the Constitution in order to save it.
Now, as a previous poster said - if the ballot box is eliminated, then all bets are off.
I think there are some few instances of where that can happen legitimately and voting can be delayed, but not put off indefinitely. One example is what our government is preparing for, and that is a massive attack by WMD, perpetrated either by a nation or a group of terrorists who manage to get a hold of it.
Now..., I'm not talking about what our response would be to those who would do such a thing, but merely saying that it would probably result in martial law for a while and then the suspension of some rights under the Constitution for a time, and might result in the delay of some elections for a while, if we are still in "chaos" from such an attack.
In that case, I wouldn't be "for an armed revolution" against our government if they were responding the best that they could from such an attack from the outside.
Certainly, there are no absolutes. For instance, didn't NYC delay its mayoral race (4 weeks? 6?) after 9-11? I'll add the caveat that it would take a pretty serious event to delay elections on a national scale. Big diff between a city not electing a mayor, and the country not choosing its leaders.
My thinking was armed insurrection based on suspension of the ballot box over something trumped up, or "Because Obama Can". At that point, all bets are off, IMHO.
And, I think FReepers fantasize about a secular Armageddon - think breakdown of rule of law, the country's infrastructure gets broken, no distribution of goods and services, and so on. Biblical Armageddon is a whole 'nother topic. :-)