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SoonerPride

(12,286 posts)
1. Our lickspittle governor and legislature would do whatever he asked
Thu Jul 30, 2020, 10:21 AM
Jul 2020

But no one cares about our measly EC votes.

hahahahaha

But Oklahoma would delay or cancel the election at his request, even if it is illegal. They don't fucking care.

Laelth

(32,017 posts)
5. I do not think that they would.
Thu Jul 30, 2020, 10:28 AM
Jul 2020

Not in the case of an election.

If a state doesn’t hold an election, that state has no say in the selection of the next President and loses ALL of its representatives in the House. No Governor is going to do that to their state.

This is all a distraction from today’s economic news. The Trump depression is upon us, and it’s going to clobber us.

-Laelth

Thekaspervote

(32,751 posts)
14. Highly doubtful. Think this thru. All the red weasels that are counting on the election not just
Thu Jul 30, 2020, 11:17 AM
Jul 2020

Dotard.

It won’t happen..governors can’t cancel elections either

Response to bluestarone (Original post)

bluestarone

(16,900 posts)
7. AGREE!
Thu Jul 30, 2020, 10:31 AM
Jul 2020

Getting close to the election, if it STILL looks like the asshole WILL do it then full steam ahead with the PRE PROTESTS!!!

Laelth

(32,017 posts)
3. None.
Thu Jul 30, 2020, 10:23 AM
Jul 2020

Imagine that you are the Governor of TX. Your party leader, the lunatic in the White House, has told you that you should not hold an election. He has no power to stop you from holding an election, but, for whatever reason, that’s clearly what he wants. For your part, you know that your state will have NO SAY in selecting the next President if you don’t hold an election. Even worse, your state will have NO MEMBERS in the House of Representatives if you don’t hold an election. You’ll also lose one Senate seat. What will you do? You will hold an election, no matter what the lunatic in the White House says.

The idea that there will be no November 2020 election is absurd. The election will happen. Nobody has the power to stop it. Our Constitution actually works fairly well.

-Laelth

Stuart G

(38,414 posts)
12. You are totally correct, "The election will happen. Nobody has the power to stop it."
Thu Jul 30, 2020, 10:51 AM
Jul 2020

..Trump can suggest anything. He cannot stop an election. No one person can do that.

MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)
4. So let the red states ignore the election and not vote!
Thu Jul 30, 2020, 10:25 AM
Jul 2020

Meanwhile, blue states will be voting and awarding EC votes.

Laelth

(32,017 posts)
6. Precisely.
Thu Jul 30, 2020, 10:30 AM
Jul 2020

Not to mention the fact that States that don’t hold elections will have no members in the House of Representatives. The idea that there won’t be an election is absurd.

-Laelth

Laelth

(32,017 posts)
10. It's just a distraction; I think.
Thu Jul 30, 2020, 10:44 AM
Jul 2020

Today’s economic numbers say that we have just entered the Trump depression, and this depression is going to pummel us. Our economy is OFFICIALLY in an unprecedented nosedive.

-Laelth

MineralMan

(146,284 posts)
8. The date of the Presidential election is set in Federal Law.
Thu Jul 30, 2020, 10:33 AM
Jul 2020

States cannot change Federal Law, and the Congress will not change it, since the House of Representatives is controlled by Democrats.

There is nothing the President or any State can do to change the date of the Presidential Election.

Can we please stop chattering about this. It is a complete waste of time. The date is set by Federal Law. Any change would require Congressional action, which is not going to occur.

Thank you!

Laelth

(32,017 posts)
11. It would require a Constitutional amendment.
Thu Jul 30, 2020, 10:47 AM
Jul 2020

Agree with your basic point. It’s not going to happen, and it’s not worth discussing.

This is a distraction from today’s colossally-bad economic news. We have officially entered the Trump depression, and this one is unprecedented. It’s going to pummel us.

-Laelth

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