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4. Got it in one

Reply to still_one (Reply #1)

Mon Apr 17, 2017, 06:25 PM

Apr 2017

There is no constitutional mechanism for an electoral do-over. Once the winner is certified and sworn in, the electorate is stuck with that person for the duration of their term barring a 25th Amendment removal or the impeachment process.

Yeah, we'd all like another bite at the apple, but there's no way for it to happen. CNN should know that. Their ex-CIA person should know that.

ON EDIT: And shame on me for not noticing that this post is from an account five months ago.

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CNN: ex CIA says may need new election [View all] Sculpin Beauregard Apr 2017 OP

bullshit. The Constitution does not provide for that. The only thing that can be done is removal still_one Apr 2017 #1

Got it in one gratuitous Apr 2017 #4

I didn't notice that either still_one Apr 2017 #5

That's From Mid-December DarthDem Apr 2017 #2

Oh really? How does that work exactly? cheapdate Apr 2017 #3

"CIA operative"? Aren't those the people the HeartachesNhangovers Apr 2017 #6

We will have another election. In 2018. And another Presidential one in 2020. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #7

Since this is unprecedented, I dunno, maybe Sculpin Beauregard Apr 2017 #8