We can't let France show us up!

and only Congress can change the date. And if no election has taken place by 1/21/21, Trump’s and Pence’s terms expire and Pelosi becomes president.

If there is no federal election in November, I'm not sure if there are any reps to take office.
If there is no elected President, Vice President or Speaker to take office, I infer Chuck Grassley becomes President.

but you are wasting your time. This simple and easily verifiable statement has been posted dozens of times on DU, several times by me, but you can expect to see it again and again.
Please, cancel the election. Pelosi then becomes President on January 20 and selects Biden as her VP.

and in line to be President if there is no Pres or VP in place.
If there were no elections, she could not lose her majority and so would be Speaker.
Her ascension would be automatic, while replacing a VP requires a confirmation of both House and Senate.

Of course, all of this assumes that we are still following the Constitution.

..because her Term as a House Member ends on January 2nd, and if you've cancelled the Election, she's not a member of the House after that point. See the problem?

It specifies that they end on Jan 20 at noon.
All other offices hold their positions until their successors are elected and qualified, so they would stay in place.

Also, he can directly interfere with election turnout by declaring areas "containment zones" and sending troops in to enforce teh order. And please, do not insult my intelligence by saying that soldiers will disobey unlawful orders. History mostly says otherwise.

Give me the Democrats that just have decency and integrity. And do the right thing. Time and time again.

i think it’s way too late to cancel the four states voting tomorrow. I know I will be in line voting.

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One won't be coming.

There will still be primaries on Tuesday. The states have all already said these dates are on, and they have the final say.

Then, it's all over but the final campaign staff meetings where you wish everyone the best in their futures, while secretly checking your phone every few minutes hoping Biden's local camping reached back out to you.

I wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of all those letters unless I was wearing a HazMat suit.

This virus thing will be gone by November. Never fear. DT will be voted out in November!

That's what I was responding to.

Actually, I hope the virus is still with us in November. If we succeed in flattening the curve, it could well be with us then, but many lives will have been saved.

none of us can afford to endure that amount of time.

It will spread the cases out over a longer period of time so that our system doesn't become completely overloaded -- and save millions of lives.

and people isolating which is the whole purpose now and of course it will save lives. The results will be what you say but people are going to need to get back out there and business are going to have to start getting busy and making money again. Hence not wanting it to last into Nov. I hope we can shut everything down, flatten it and then as summer arrives and ??? Whatever, cause I do not know anything about this stuff.

I mean, you are not suggesting shut downs, borders closed people staying home thru to Nov, right?

might dwindle over the summer, as flu cases do. It's a possibility. Then it might resurge again in the fall.

It might disappear at the end -- or it might mutate into a new virus every year, as flu viruses do.

Our scientists are flying blind because this is a completely new virus. Alll we can really do now is try to buy enough time by slowing down the spread -- so our medical system isn't completely overloaded, and so some treatments can be figured out, and a vaccine developed.

That doesn't seem to be one of the options, though.

As someone quoted Winston Churchill recently, the only way to go through Hell is to go through it.

least a month, preferably two months off work and hoping that is enough time to have it flattened and more safe for older people like me to be in the public, working daily, around lots of other people.

wish !

but I’m gonna do it.

I will walk thru fire to vote to remove the devil.

whatever they can come up with. We shouldn't be responsible for any large crowds or long lines.

I was a Bernie supporter and still like him. It would look good for him to bow out.

They postponed.