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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCan you imagine if this pandemic happened a month or two before the General Election???
The orange one would shut everything down, declare a state of emergency and crown himself Prez for life.... In a way its better this happens now than later.. I wish it never happened though..
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ribrepin
(1,728 posts)and we vote by mail.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)But what makes you think that it will not be a big factor in the election?
Trump's mishandling, and the all but inevitable recession, will drive his numbers lower among the sane segment of the voting population.
unblock
(52,503 posts)Economists are generally expecting March to reverse January and February's gdp gains, and q2 will be roughly -5%, a very sharp contraction.
Open question as to how long it will last and when we are by November.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)between now and November.
TwilightZone
(25,517 posts)Bush pursued the possibility in 2004 and it was confirmed that the Executive doesn't have the authority. Same applies to Trump.
Emergency powers don't apply. Martial law doesn't apply. It's been well-established that only Congress can change the date and states control the election process and are given wide latitude.
https://fas.org/sgp/crs/RL32471.pdf
dhol82
(9,353 posts)NotASurfer
(2,157 posts)Come January 20, 2021, that four years is up. If there is no Presidential election for any reason, the reign of the Orange Menace ends because the term is four years.
The Speaker of the House becomes President at that point.