My mom asked me today what happens if a candidate dies right before the election, and I couldn't answer her. Computer programmers rightly get pilloried for attempts to hack the political system, but at least we wouldn't have left a slew of TOCTOU bugs in the electoral process.
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Replying to @Pinboard
I think the answer is “it’s up to individual state rules,” which just means a clusterfuck and IIRC John Ashcroft became Bush’s AG after losing his Senate race to a dead candidate. I don’t think you can change names on ballots within X days of election almost anywhere.
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The election is ongoing in a number of states already. NC and WI for sure.
10:21 PM - 2 Oct 2020
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