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Even if every single news site went down on election night, it would be fine. People aren't gonna die if they don't find out who won the election until the next
by bigstrat2003 2y ago
Even if every single news site went down on election night, it would be fine. People aren't gonna die if they don't find out who won the election until the next day or even the next week.
- drawkward 2y agoIf every single news site went down, I would expect Trump to declare himself winner and put into motion a coup.
- ceejayoz 2y agoI mean, that happened without sites going down.
- drawkward 2y agoCorrect. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_coup https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_coup
- pizzafeelsright 2y agoFollow that train of thought out of the station. With either candidate or entity. And then... Directs the military to strike on [target] and the military says "Not my Commander" and no strike is carried out. There is no Coup unless the powers are transferred. It cannot happen.
- ceejayoz 2y ago> the military says "Not my Commander" The President remains Commander in Chief for several months, from November until late January. (And now enjoys absolute immunity for official acts performed under that hat.) In such a case, it'd be a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-coup https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-coup
- drawkward 2y agoTrump tried it already. I couldn't envision Harris even attempting it. Not all coups are military. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_coup https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_coup
- readthenotes1 2y agoHarris doesn't need to "attempt it", she somehow became the Democratic choice without a single vote for her, replacing the man who said it'd be ridiculous after all the millions of votes he got
- drawkward 2y agoDid the delegates not vote at the Democratic convention?
- readthenotes1 2y agoThat's like saying the Chinese had a vote
- drawkward 2y agoLike it or not (I don't!), primaries are internal functions of membership organizations. The law has found this again and again. In these contests, it is the party delegates who are given the right to choose the party nominee.
- freeone3000 2y agoA candidacy is not an elected position.
- digging 2y agoThe results of this election will not be knowable the night of the election anyway. There are way too many people currently preparing too many different ways to challenge the results regardless of what actually happens.
- the_snooze 2y agoFinding out the winner on election night is really just a modern illusion. Media "calls" have zero legal weight, and they rely on predictable geographical voting patterns and large enough win margins to build confidence on the outcome before all the unofficial tallies are in. That's way more difficult these days. The fastest state to certify actual official results takes 2 or 3 days (Delaware), and most states are closer to 2 or 3 weeks.