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IronLionZion

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41. It's all part of their plan

Reply to SBoy (Reply #37)

Mon Apr 6, 2020, 02:51 PM

Apr 2020

They are deliberately malicious

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HRC: "Let's be clear. Trump does not have the power to cancel / postpone the Nov election." [View all] Dennis Donovan Apr 2020 OP

Yet LakeArenal Apr 2020 #1

I would Rebl2 Apr 2020 #5

Not without a Constitutional Amendment passed by both crickets Apr 2020 #16

Whew. LakeArenal Apr 2020 #19

It does not require a Constitutional Amendment. whopis01 Apr 2020 #42

Thanks for the correction on that detail, however crickets Apr 2020 #48

I wasn't claiming that it would happen whopis01 Apr 2020 #71

no, hard stop obamanut2012 Apr 2020 #22

Although I bet he'll still try it. calimary Apr 2020 #44

Hopefully this will stop all these ridiculous OPs Jake Stern Apr 2020 #2

Hopefully SammyWinstonJack Apr 2020 #36

Of course that doesn't mean that he won't try something illegal anyway, but yeah. Thomas Hurt Apr 2020 #3

Bingo. not_the_one Apr 2020 #34

I second that bingo Sugarcoated Apr 2020 #40

Amen to you NTO DENVERPOPS Apr 2020 #47

Amen, DENVERPOPS. n/t TreadSoftly Apr 2020 #49

YEP Cosmocat Apr 2020 #69

K and R dewsgirl Apr 2020 #4

That's how the Constitution is supposed to work Bayard Apr 2020 #6

He has said DENVERPOPS Apr 2020 #63

and if he does, who will stop him? NewJeffCT Apr 2020 #7

The states, as clearly explained in the article. TwilightZone Apr 2020 #12

+1 crickets Apr 2020 #18

yes, because the 26 states with Republican governors NewJeffCT Apr 2020 #25

So republican governors will cancel elections so that there are fewer republican onenote Apr 2020 #51

the governors will issue executive orders NewJeffCT Apr 2020 #72

That's so silly it almost doesn't deserve a response. onenote Apr 2020 #73

What the article claims is true for the House and Senate elections. whopis01 Apr 2020 #46

K and R Thank You for posting.. Stuart G Apr 2020 #8

His term and that if Pence runs out Jan 20, 2021. So if there is no election before that he is yellowcanine Apr 2020 #9

That's what I thought, JenniferJuniper Apr 2020 #10

They file a lawsuit and the SCOTUS Bettie Apr 2020 #11

Please don't. That is not going to happen. crickets Apr 2020 #20

My problem is that I no longer trust any Bettie Apr 2020 #24

Understandable given the shitshow we are all having to endure right now. crickets Apr 2020 #29

Not for nothing Cosmocat Apr 2020 #70

In case you actually want facts: onenote Apr 2020 #52

Just wait a year or two DENVERPOPS Apr 2020 #67

Without Vote By Mail republicans will ***EFFECTIVELY*** call off 2020 election. We need intervention uponit7771 Apr 2020 #13

and even with VBM, the P.O. is running out of money. Qutzupalotl Apr 2020 #15

+1, that'll be another way to effectively cancel the election is the postal system wont work uponit7771 Apr 2020 #21

Yes! That was a very troubling news story. FailureToCommunicate Apr 2020 #43

How will they call off the 2020 election? Why would they want to? onenote Apr 2020 #53

effectively means they don't have to formally pronounce anything just make it 10 times ... uponit7771 Apr 2020 #57

And if states with Democrats in charge allow voting by mail, the Democrats win. onenote Apr 2020 #58

Hmmmmm uponit7771 Apr 2020 #64

Let me stress this. SlogginThroughIt Apr 2020 #14

Or laws, rules, the Constitution Bettie Apr 2020 #17

and yet they've lost nearly 50 percent of the SCOTUS cases in which they were a party onenote Apr 2020 #54

Yes, this. NONE of *the rules* have applied to ANYTHING for 3.5 years. BamaRefugee Apr 2020 #27

So why haven't they done all sorts of things? onenote Apr 2020 #55

Unfortunately, as the replies show, sarisataka Apr 2020 #23

There's lots of things that drumpf "can't do" but does illegally every day. lark Apr 2020 #26

And there are even more things he probably would like to do but doesn't onenote Apr 2020 #56

Attempt at answers below: lark Apr 2020 #61

not very compelling answers. And what about the 2018 elections onenote Apr 2020 #62

Compelling, pfft, just speculating about what I think could easily happen. lark Apr 2020 #68

Well not yet. Let's stop being so damn trusting. EllieBC Apr 2020 #28

I can't find it right now but a week or 2 ago, here on DU, there was a post about Susan Rice BamaRefugee Apr 2020 #30

Here's one post I found. Why would she post this if it's not a concern?? BamaRefugee Apr 2020 #31

I'm hardly surprised that Trump is ALREADY PROPOSING this fescuerescue Apr 2020 #32

Link to where he proposed cancelling the election? onenote Apr 2020 #59

It's not my post fescuerescue Apr 2020 #65

It's time for nationwide vote by mail or secure online voting IronLionZion Apr 2020 #33

Secure? Online? Russians? not_the_one Apr 2020 #35

They can do that anyway with voting machines and tabulators IronLionZion Apr 2020 #38

What happens if the USPS if forced to shut down this Summer SBoy Apr 2020 #37

It's all part of their plan IronLionZion Apr 2020 #41

So the plan is for every republican house member to be out of a job on January 3? onenote Apr 2020 #60

I wish IronLionZion Apr 2020 #66

My first thought is that he has done a lot of shit that I didn't think was legal Ferrets are Cool Apr 2020 #39

At noon on January 20, 2021, Trump's four year term would expire -- with or without an election. trueblue2007 Apr 2020 #45

Kick dalton99a Apr 2020 #50