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His message – structured in the kind of a question – comes after the president has actually invested months declaring that mail-in ballot, which a growing number of states are turning to due to risks of coronavirus exposure at in-person polling places, is vulnerable to fraud.
There’s little evidence of prevalent illegalities in mail-in balloting, even in the states that hold their elections solely by post.
The possibility of a bipartisan legislative consensus finalizing off on any hold-up is not likely in the extreme.
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The pandemic did not stop South Korea holding parliamentary elections.
What’s more, even if the ballot day were altered, the United States Constitution mandates that a presidential administration only last 4 years. To put it simply, Donald Trump’s first term will end at noon on 20 January, 2021, one method or another.
He might get another four years if he’s re-elected. He could be changed by Democrat Joe Biden if he’s defeated. But the clock is ticking down, and a delayed vote won’t stop it.
What happens if the election is postponed?
If there hasn’t been an election prior to the scheduled inauguration day, the presidential line of succession kicks in. 2nd up is Vice-President Mike Pence, and considered that his term in workplace also ends on that day, he remains in the exact same boat as the president.
Next in line is the Speaker of your home – currently Democrat Nancy Pelosi – however her two-year term is up at the end of December. The senior-most authorities eligible for the presidency in such an end ofthe world scenario would be 86- year-old Republican Chuck Grassley of Iowa, the president pro tem of the Senate. That’s presuming Republican politicians still manage the Senate after a third of its 100 seats are abandoned since of their own term expirations.
All in all, this is a lot more in the