Saw on FB a discussion among evangelical Republicans that they're waiting to vote until Election Day because if Trump dies they're definitely voting for Pence but otherwise they're in a quandary I'm ok with this
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So as far as I'm aware the precedent is that if the nominee who won the primary can't be the nominee anymore due to emergency -- death, incapacitation, withdrawal, etc -- the DNC or the RNC just votes on a new nominee
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yeah thats whats supposed to happen, though the political shitshow wpuld be huge, especially for the non-incumbent party.
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Actually 51 different entities, because the electors are pledged to the *state* party, not to the *national* party.
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Right but the national party exists for the purpose of nominating the presidential and vice-presidential candidates (and really no other defined purpose) and in order to be a part of the national party the state party has to agree to abide by the RNC/DNC's nomination AIUI anyway
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... to a point: in principle, a state legislature could amend its election law to permit replacing the electors with whomever it wishes. For obvious reasons, unlikely.
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