Do write ins for the replacement and votes for the dead person both get counted in that scenario or is only one method ‘correct’? Or is it a crapshoot based on what random officials/judges feel like doing
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It's inconsistent whether the *state government* has a *law* saying pledged electors have to transfer their pledge to the new nominee when the DNC/RNC picks one But in terms of how the process is supposed to work on the party level it's unambiguous
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If you want to see just how wacky it can get, look at the election of 1872. Greeley, who came in second, died a few weeks after the election, before the meeting of the electoral college. Chaos ensued. The only reason it wasn't a total shitshow is that Grant won the election.
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Yeah, and that was complicated by the fact that it was hard to get people together for meetings on short notice back then *and* that the party he was running under was a newly created party without a clear leadership structure, the Liberal Republicans
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As to "being on the outs with the party", who really thinks that the Republican Party has any real life left in it if Trump dies? What reason do state parties and state party officials have to pay *any attention at all* to whoever is left running whatever's left of the RNC?
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We heard similar things after Bush Jr. And rightfully- he was a disaster that SHOULD HAVE tanked the entire party. So I'm not settings my hopes up again. The American system has a very clear energy minima with 2 large parties
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