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Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 3 minutes later[^][v]#1,101,853
We are not in a war. When we were in wars in the past, we still held presidential elections during them. The only thing that would happen if we failed to run an election is Trump and Pence's terms would expire in January 2021, along with the entire House, meaning the the President Pro Tempore in the Senate in the next Congress would be the new President.
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Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#1,101,866
Just a sec..
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Anonymous A (OP) double-posted this 6 years ago, 3 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#1,101,867
@OP
Nope nope nope your wrong with the chain.
Omg for once you can't argue your way out hahahahahaha.
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jodi !ariasXXmaE joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 44 seconds later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#1,101,868
why would you want this
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 6 years ago, 29 seconds later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#1,101,869
@1,101,867 (A)
Ok what is the correct answer then?
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 59 seconds later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#1,101,870
@1,101,853 (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
It would be crazy Nancy lol.
Anonymous A (OP) double-posted this 6 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#1,101,871
I knew but looked it up to make sure.
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 6 years ago, 58 seconds later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#1,101,872
@1,101,870 (A)
House members are elected to 2 year terms. Every house member's term would also have expired. The house of representatives would have zero members in it. I mentioned that in my post.
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Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#1,101,873
@previous (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
The seats of Congress are never empty technically or otherwise.
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 6 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#1,101,874
@previous (A)
In 2018 Louise Slaughter died in office. The special election to replace her did not happen for several months. In that time there was no one filling her role and all tasks were handled by her staff or passed off to other offices.
This is just something that happens occassionally when people die or resign. They replace the signs outside their congressional office too and have it say something like "The 4th district of Kentucky - Vacant".
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Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 9 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#1,101,877
No, Bert, now please get infected already so your poorly abused liver can turn on you.
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Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 4 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#1,101,879
@1,101,874 (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
The current Presidential Succession Act was adopted in 1947, and last revised in 2006. The line of succession follows the order of: vice president, speaker of the House of Representatives, president pro tempore of the Senate, and then the eligible heads of federal executive departments who form the president's Cabinet.
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 6 years ago, 17 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#1,101,886
@previous (A)
I assure you I understand the presidential succession act. I will make the chain of reasoning very explicit so that you can see where I am going.
1. Presidents and Vice Presidents are elected to 4-year terms beginning on January 20.
2. Members of the House are elected to 2-year terms beginning on January 3.
3. Members of the Senate are elected to 6 year terms, with elections staggered in three 2 year increments beginning on January 3.
Now let's assume that no elections are held, and that no governors appoint anyone to seats etc. On January 3, 2021, every member of the House who won the general election in 2018 would have their term end. No new members of the House can be sworn in because there was no new election to create new terms.
The Senate, which was unable to have elections to fill the seats whose term ended in 2020 begins with a 1/3rd reduction in Senators.
On January 20, 2021 Donald Trump and Mike Pence have their 4 year term end. They are not sworn in again because there was no election to grant them a new term. Now we go to the Presidential Succession act and the Speaker of the House becomes president. But there are zero house members. There is no speaker of the house. When the senate is sworn in (minus the 1/3rd of Senators whose term expired when their elections failed to happen) they elect a President pro Tempore. The Presidential Succession Act skips over the nonexistent House Speaker and finds the person next in line. That is the President Pro Tempore of the Senate. That person is now President of the United States.
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Killer Lettuce? !HonkUK.BIE joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#1,101,887
@previous (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
And what if elections continued to not be held, and the remaining senators also expired?
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 6 years ago, 5 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#1,101,890
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 6 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,101,896
@previous (jodi !ariasXXmaE)
Shove a cactus directly up your butt.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 3 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,101,898
@1,101,894 (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
The part where its damn near all but impossible that scenario would ever come about.
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Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 6 years ago, 3 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,101,899
@previous (A)
Yes I agree the odds of an election not being held in November are very very low. That post is just explaining what would happen as a matter of law in the event that the election was postponed or cancelled.
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Anonymous F replied with this 6 years ago, 6 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,101,903