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With plans currently one thing, almost no work. The crown crisis hampers the summer break as much as the company’s sales expectations, and elections have already confused the virus. In the United States, for example, in the state of Wisconsin, the vote on the presidential candidates became a farce: the Democrats wanted to postpone it, but the Republicans enforced the vote. However, the polling stations remained closed for fear of infection, and the count was delayed.
The presidential elections are on November 3.
It is now unclear whether the Sars-Cov-2 pathogen will continue to be bad in November. In any case, the new President of the United States is elected on the 3rd of each month, and the question arises over and over again: Is the US election likely to be postponed? And if so, who or what can cause this? Donald Trump maybe?
It is speculated that the President of the United States wants to delay the presidential election due to his current bad situation, of all things, by competitor Joe Biden. He had recently been misled into saying that Trump wanted to postpone the election date because he thought he could only win that way. The recipient rejected the accusation and said he was waiting for the elections. Regardless of whether that is true, Donald Trump cannot make a decision, even if he wanted to.
Only Congress can postpone elections
To anticipate it: the constitution only provides a way to postpone or postpone elections, and that seems unlikely in the current situation. Because in accordance with applicable regulations, the election is held every four years on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. This year is the 3rd of the month. Only Congress can change anything about this rule since 1845, but both Houses of Parliament would have to agree to that. Republicans currently have a majority in the Senate and Democrats in the House of Representatives. However, both parties are so hostile to each other that a “joint” vote is hardly expected.
However, there have been repeated attempts by the Presidents of the United States to expand their powers at extraordinary times in the past. In 1952, in the midst of the Korean War, then-head of state Harry Truman approved Congress without further delay and nationalized the steel industry. He cited national security dependence on steel production as the reason. A few months later, the Supreme Court ruled that the President of the United States had no such powers. Since then, it has become clear that the power of the head of state has clear limits. It cannot be ruled out, of course, that the current owner also believes that he can take away special rights from the situation; in the end, the superior judges will decide on the legality.
Without electoral colleges, without voting
The risk of conditions like Wisconsin occurring is much higher. That the polling stations, for example, remain closed or the poll workers do not appear. Or, as has already happened, individual states instruct their respective electoral committees (which ultimately elect the President of the United States) not to vote for the candidate that citizens have chosen. American election expert Richard Hasen of the University of California lists this option on the BBC. Because there is no “constitutional obligation for a state to even vote for the president.” Of course, this type of rejection would lead to protests if “massive quarantine-based protests were allowed,” Hasen said sadly.
What could also lead to distortions are the different electoral requirements. To avoid contagion, a vote by letter would be conceivable. However, postal voting is automatically possible in California, but only in exceptional cases in many other states, such as Missouri and North Carolina. The same applies to area codes, 15 of which have already been canceled. How and in what way they are made is not clear. Democratic Senators Amy Klobuchar and Ron Wyden in an article for the Washington Post: “We must allow every American to vote by letter.”
But even if circumstances change so drastically that elections cannot take place as planned or should even be canceled, Donald Trump’s term ends on January 20, 2021 anyway. Or he would be reelected by then, and then sworn in the next day. Or not, then leave office. By the way, if there were no elections by then, Chuck Grassley, 86, of Iowa, would head the Senate as head of state. Because the intended successors Vice President (Mike Pence) or majority leader of the House of Representatives (Nancy Pelosi) would also not be in office at the time.
Until now, the United States has always voted
Such a scenario only exists in theory. Until now, Americans have always voted even in the most difficult moments. Even in the civil war.
Sources: Bloomberg, DPA, World, Deutsche Welle, BBC, AFP, Washington Post (for a fee)
