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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: PKRBKR who wrote (966160)9/21/2016 12:52:41 PM
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Oh please. They can't postpone the damn election.

Perhaps you've been asleep for the past 7+ years. The WH and Congress can do anything that they want to do.

What makes you think that they can't postpone a federal election under extenuating circumstances, such as the sudden collapse of a candidate just before a general election?

This issue was studied extensively by a Legislative Attorney in 2004 and the results were provided in two reports to Congress.

In a nutshell:

Federal Election Scheduling

The U.S. Constitution gives Congress the power to schedule federal elections. While the states and executive branch do hold some authority over federal elections, Congress gets to pick the date, which has been established by statute as the Tuesday following the first Monday in November.

Congressional Action

The Constitution does not expressly grant authority to anyone to postpone a federal election, advises a 2004 Congressional Research Service report. The report, however, concludes that Congress could pass a law to reschedule elections in times of emergency or other extenuating circumstances. Congress also has the ability to delegate rescheduling authority to the executive branch or state officials, states the report.

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