Reports: Akin Advisers Make Preparations For Withdrawal Tomorrow

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72. No, again according to Chuck Todd, this time on NBC Nightly News

I don't know why I picked Chuck Todd's voice out of the TV babble twice today.

On his show this morning, he said nothing about the ability of Republicans to replace Akin on the ballot. On his brief appearance on NBC Nightly News, he made a point of saying August 21st was the last day Akin could be replaced.

With all the resources of a major TV network at his disposal, Todd must have access to the best experts on Missouri election law. But, since people here have not found clear definitive legal language on the deadline for replacing Akin, and courts must get involved after tomorrow, I wonder whether the right lawyers and the right judge might not get someone other than Akin on the ballot as late as September 20th. IMO, without absolute legal clarity, any ballot change physically possible might be made to fly. If Akin's name can be taken off the ballot as late as September 20th, would it not be POSSIBLE to put someone else's name in Akin's place that late in the process of distributing physical ballots to absentees and to polling places?