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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCould someone please answer this question
Is there ever a circumstance where an incumbent president can delay an election due to a terrible pandemic?
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Could someone please answer this question (Original Post)
pink
Mar 2020
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Each state has its own Presidential election.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)2. Yes, in a bad Hollywood movie. n/t
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,490 posts)3. If we can pay federal taxes by mail we surely can vote by mail.
KY.................
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)4. I actually cut and pasted your exact question onto Google
and came up with this article that has a ton of constitutional information regarding such a possibility.
I won't even try to summarize it - can't do it justice, but it is very interesting and a good read.
https://www.vox.com/2020/3/21/21188152/trump-cancel-november-election-constitution-coronavirus
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)5. Summarize of it: Can Trump cancel the November election? No. n/t
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