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Correct me if I’m wrong, but if the results aren’t determined for the election, doesn’t the speaker of the house become president? I’m pretty sure that’s how it works if there is no election at all.
Comment by FoolhardyBastard at 16/08/2020 at 14:28 UTC
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Yup. It's in the constitution. That doesn't mean the GOP will play along. The constitution hasn't stopped them before.
Comment by davossss at 16/08/2020 at 17:07 UTC
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Every single member of the House plus 1/3 of the Senate are subject to the same election that Trump is actively undermining. Their terms will end BEFORE the January 20 presidential inauguration.
Which leaves only 2/3 of the Senate and 9 Justices on the Supreme Court that will be Constitutionally sitting if Trump is correct about his claim that "we won't know the results for months or even years."
Unless there is a large blue or red tsunami we will be left with anything from A) a rump government to B) a mutually voluntary dissolution of the 50 states to C) 1970s-Ireland low-grade sectarian violence to D) full-blown multilateral Syria-style civil war, ranging from best to worst case scenarios.
Brace yourselves. Prep. Talk to your family. Talk to your neighbors. Because even if there is a clear election winner we have only dodged the first bullet. We still have evictions, unemployment, COVID, lack of health insurance, deficits, police-citizen distrust, and climate change looming.