# Under what circumstances would the POTUS election be re-run?

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [December 17, 2016, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-what-circumstances-would-the-potus-election-be-re-run/774920 "2016-12-17T10:53:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
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Are there any provisions at all for re-running the election? What happens if fraud, corruption, etc are found?

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**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2016, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-what-circumstances-would-the-potus-election-be-re-run/774920/2 "2016-12-17T12:41:28Z")

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There is no redo. We take the results and move on. At worst, Trump gets impeached if it’s found he was involved in this plot somehow.

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2016, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-what-circumstances-would-the-potus-election-be-re-run/774920/3 "2016-12-17T13:13:17Z")

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[Similar thread about this.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=813923)

But basically, no. The election results stand. There are no provisions in place for a do-over.

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**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2016, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-what-circumstances-would-the-potus-election-be-re-run/774920/4 "2016-12-17T13:13:48Z")

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> [@Ravenman](#):
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> … At worst, Trump gets impeached if it’s found he was involved in this plot somehow.

We know Trump wasn’t involved. We know that because the idiot never listens to anyone, and he isn’t smart enough to do it on his own. So I think that option is out. It would be priceless if the Russians decided he was a threat to them and set him up as a co-conspirator in all this, leading to his impeachment. That way, they got him elected, and they got him fired.