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2016 Postmortem

damnedifIknow

(3,183 posts) Mon Oct 29, 2012, 07:05 PM Oct 2012

Hurricane Sandy: Could it postpone the election?

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Hurricane Sandy: Could it postpone the election? (Original Post) damnedifIknow Oct 2012 OP

Doubtful MichiganVote Oct 2012 #1

lol...no. Drunken Irishman Oct 2012 #2

that is a state by state decision.... flowomo Oct 2012 #3

The media is having a collective wet dream over these nightmare scenarios Doctor Jack Oct 2012 #4

MichiganVote

(21,086 posts)

1. Doubtful

Reply to damnedifIknow (Original post)

Mon Oct 29, 2012, 07:05 PM

Oct 2012

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)

2. lol...no.

Reply to damnedifIknow (Original post)

Mon Oct 29, 2012, 07:07 PM

Oct 2012

flowomo

(4,740 posts)

3. that is a state by state decision....

Reply to damnedifIknow (Original post)

Mon Oct 29, 2012, 07:10 PM

Oct 2012

a state could move the day on which it holds its voting, but, in a presidential election, the voting must be completed by no later than Dec. 11 because that's when the electors meet.

Doctor Jack

(3,072 posts)

4. The media is having a collective wet dream over these nightmare scenarios

Reply to damnedifIknow (Original post)

Mon Oct 29, 2012, 07:24 PM

Oct 2012

They have moved on from "Romentum" and are now on "will this hurricane destroy Obama's lead?". I bet by tomorrow morning we will be hearing "what if Sandy awakens some kind of Colverfield style monster? Will that hand Maryland's electoral votes over to Gary Johnson?".

Its all attempts to milk this ratings cash cow before the election is over and they have nothing to talk about until 2014.

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