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Posted by Stephen Bauman on Mon Aug 17 11:29:06 2020, in response to Re: How New Zealand delays Fall elections, posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Aug 17 10:56:53 2020. The only problem is that the Constitution does set the dates when the new Congress and the president are sworn in, regardless of whether an election were held, and in the absence of an election, the seats would be vacant.Yes, that's the problem. So if the election are postponed or cancelled, Chuck Grassley* would become the president on January 20, 2021. Not necessarily. If elections were postponed, then the seats for those senators up for re-election would be vacant. That's 35 seats, of which 23 are Republican and 12 are Democratic. The current 53/45 Republican majority would consist of 30 Republicans and 33 Democrats. |
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