09-24-2020, 01:56 AM
The last time there was a contested election similar this was the election of 1896 - 1877. Both major candidates presented electors for three southern states, with lots of accusations about voter intimidation, fraud and ballot box stuffing. It was found the Constitution did not specify what to do. Congress created a commission with members of the House, Senate and Supreme Court to decide. Behind the scenes, a deal was struck that the Republicans would get the presidency, but the Democrats (who at that time were the rural, southern, racist party, unlike today) got the federal troops occupying the south to leave, the Reconstruction to end, and as it turned out the Jim Crow era soon commenced.
One way to get around a messy situation is for the election to be so lopsided that the states with Republican controlled legislatures do not have enough electoral votes to change the result. Biden could then concede the madness and still win. This is especially possible if the Republican plans to void the election cannot be kept secret. It is hard to get the state legislatures involved to try to throw away the election in a premeditated fashion... secretly. Somebody will leak the obvious. We might even have Republicans with a conscience, though so far such people have been rare indeed.
Another way, should the election not result in a clear winner, is to declare no firm result. A state that cannot present a clear result gets no electors. Trump's first term ends on January 20th, and given the lack of a decisive election the Speaker of the House becomes president. The Democrats could put Biden in by verifying him as Vice President, then Nancy resigns.
One other question is how loyal the Supreme Court justices are to the party that nominated them. Will a majority of the Court give blessing to an obvious coup.
Lots of plans and counter plans. We will see how it plays out.
One way to get around a messy situation is for the election to be so lopsided that the states with Republican controlled legislatures do not have enough electoral votes to change the result. Biden could then concede the madness and still win. This is especially possible if the Republican plans to void the election cannot be kept secret. It is hard to get the state legislatures involved to try to throw away the election in a premeditated fashion... secretly. Somebody will leak the obvious. We might even have Republicans with a conscience, though so far such people have been rare indeed.
Another way, should the election not result in a clear winner, is to declare no firm result. A state that cannot present a clear result gets no electors. Trump's first term ends on January 20th, and given the lack of a decisive election the Speaker of the House becomes president. The Democrats could put Biden in by verifying him as Vice President, then Nancy resigns.
One other question is how loyal the Supreme Court justices are to the party that nominated them. Will a majority of the Court give blessing to an obvious coup.
Lots of plans and counter plans. We will see how it plays out.
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