Trump won USA Presidential Elections 🎉🇺🇸😁😁 Who is going to celebrate tonight? 🍾🎈

I do truly look forward for it 🤗

  • FelixCress@lemmy.world
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    17 days ago

    That’s helpful, thank you.

    What if they both (Trump and Vance) die before the electoral college vote?

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      17 days ago

      You realize that you just got put on an FBI list, right?

      Anyway, assuming those electors get rejected during the certification process (and they should, at that point, as neither candidate would be able to serve), then Congress gets to choose, with the House choosing the President and the Senate choosing the VP. They can choose whoever they want. But one twist is that each State delegation gets one vote, so California’s 52 Reps get the same vote as Wyoming’s lone rep. The math looks like even if Democrats somehow take control of the House, they may not have enough State delegations to matter in a contingent election.

      If enough states are tied that the Presidential vote fails (which is unlikely afaik), the VP vote in the Senate is a straight vote and that person would likely end up President anyway.

      If the unfortunate event happens between Jan 6 and Jan 20, and both men are selected but neither can serve, I imagine it would be treated like both positions are vacant at the same time, and the Speaker of the House becomes President on Jan 20

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        17 days ago

        Thank you, that’s quite insightful.

        You realize that you just got put on an FBI list, right?

        On a completely unrelated matter - what if both Trump, Vance and all Republican members of House and Senate suddenly die? 😂

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      17 days ago

      Still the same, electoral college are the ones voting for the president, not the people, the latter only elect the electors, not the president. GOP will likely produce a new candidate and electors will decide between them and Harris and most likely elect the republican nominee. Theoretically the electoral college could still vote for Harris, some states can have Faithless Electors.

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        17 days ago

        That’s is completely mad. Surely new elections should take place in such circumstances. Idiotic.

        Thank you for your reply though.