Crazy scenario, but let’s suppose its Trump vs. Clinton. Then on Monday before the election, Trump reveals its all been a big scam and he quits. There’s no time to get another candidate on the ballot. The GOP have no clear cut 2nd candidate. There’s a few scenarios where I don’t know what happens then:
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Would Obama be obligated, or is it even legally possible, to move back the election to give the GOP time to run another candidate? Ignoring that he would be crazy to help them, let’s say he tries at least. Can he? Would an emergency session of Congress passing a law moving the election back after it happened (assuming it takes until Wednesday to get everybody together) be possible?
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Clinton wins. Do the GOP have a case in the SCOTUS at all? I’m sure they’d try to sue, but what could the case possibly be? I’m assuming they’d be fucked because plenty of local elections run with only one person and no opposition. On the presidential level that’s unheard of, but it wouldn’t be illegal
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What happens to the early votes? Would those be counted towards Trump if the GOP managed to somehow delay the election and get another candidate? Or would they be allowed to vote again?
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Trump wins, would his VP simply take over as the candidate and they shift all the votes to him? I can see the GOP Congress trying to do that, but is there some mechanism that allows that?