Can Trump do anything if Biden wins in a landslide? No. Not only would he have to persuade a government full of civil servants to stick by him, but the constitution says his presidency will terminate at noon on January 20, 2021, regardless of where he is physically.
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What if it’s a close election? This is where it starts to get dicey. Trump may be able to use the two-month period between Election Day and Inauguration Day to weaponize constitutional procedures for his political advantage.
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What’s the biggest problem to be on the lookout for? Absentee ballots. One potential scenario is that, on Election Night, Trump is ahead in states that have the 270 or more electoral votes needed to claim victory, while Biden wins in the final tally days or weeks later.
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But isn’t it the final count that matters? It depends! It’s possible a state’s Democratic governor certifies one set of electors, while its GOP legislature certifies another — and send both to Congress. So the party that holds both chambers of Congress will make the final call.
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Has something like this ever happened before? Yes, in 1876. And while the Electoral Count Act of 1887 tried to prevent its recurrence, there's debate over whether it should even be considered a law, or a rule of congressional procedure that can be overturned.
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Have more questions about the potential nightmare 2020 election? We may have answered it in this handy guide.http://read.medium.com/XsCAul4
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We the people will storm into the White House to encourage himpic.twitter.com/Sqgc2TO0L3
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Idk who 'we' is but it's not me
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When President Trump is out of office in 2024, newspapers better pray that one of his kids take the White House. Otherwise, you'd have no spannable news to sell.
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Ce Tweet est indisponible.
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