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"Look at that sea, girls--all silver and shadow and vision of things not seen. We couldn't enjoy its loveliness any more if we had millions of dollars and ropes of diamonds." -L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

This is a blog I will be using for topics other than food. Politics, religion, spirituality, humor, green living, anything that I want to talk about that doesn't fall under the food/cooking category.



Friday, October 2, 2020

American Presidential Elections and Contingency Plans

A lot of people are asking what will happen if something happens to Trump during this last month leading up to Election Day, in light of his recent Covid-19 diagnosis and being sent to the hospital. Can an election be delayed? What happens if a candidate drops out or is incapacitated and an no longer run? How does all of this work? Well, I looked all of this up, and it turns out that both the Constitution and the political parties have contingency plans for nearly every possibility. Here is a collection of links that will hopefully answer questions and assuage some of your fears.

Regarding postponing the election:

Newsweek Article

Reuters Article 

Quartz Article

 Regarding if Trump can no longer be the GOP nominee:

Quartz Article 

Newsweek Article 

Financial Times Article 


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