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In reply to the discussion: "There's no statute or specific provision of the Constitution that specifically authorizes [View all]The Velveteen Ocelot
(128,937 posts)or Constitutional amendments (except for the Emancipation Proclamation, which was an executive order). But the issue that was raised is whether anything can be done to re-do or rescind the 2016 election, and the answer is still no. One reason for that is that any action that would create a process for rescinding the results of an election would probably have to be applied prospectively because retroactive laws are often found to be unconstitutional. Second, the only way to implement a redo procedure for federal elections would be by Constitutional amendment. These take years even if they ultimately succeed (and they rarely do). Consequently, by the time the amendment became effective another election would have taken place, rendering the proposed re-do moot.