NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! Democrats should NOT set the precedent

[pnwmom]

of cancelling any election because of COVID 19.

Not unless we want to give Trump cover for doing that in November.

NOBODY WANTS THAT, DO WE?

(Yes, I know about Georgia, but that was a Republican decision.)

[ucrdem]

1. They voted in France today and they're locked down.

We can't let France show us up!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Trump can't cancel the GE. The states control their own election procedures

and only Congress can change the date. And if no election has taken place by 1/21/21, Trump’s and Pence’s terms expire and Pelosi becomes president.

[stopbush]

12. If no election has taken place to choose House members, does Pelosi still take over as POTUS?

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

25. Her term expires when those elected in the prior November take office on 3 January 2021.

If there is no federal election in November, I'm not sure if there are any reps to take office.
If there is no elected President, Vice President or Speaker to take office, I infer Chuck Grassley becomes President.

[SCantiGOP]

29. Thanks, Velveteen

but you are wasting your time. This simple and easily verifiable statement has been posted dozens of times on DU, several times by me, but you can expect to see it again and again.
Please, cancel the election. Pelosi then becomes President on January 20 and selects Biden as her VP.

[brooklynite]

34. How does Pelosi become President, when she's not House Speaker?

[SCantiGOP]

36. She is Speaker of the House,

and in line to be President if there is no Pres or VP in place.
If there were no elections, she could not lose her majority and so would be Speaker.
Her ascension would be automatic, while replacing a VP requires a confirmation of both House and Senate.

Of course, all of this assumes that we are still following the Constitution.

[brooklynite]

38. No, she's not...

..because her Term as a House Member ends on January 2nd, and if you've cancelled the Election, she's not a member of the House after that point. See the problem?

[SCantiGOP]

39. Terms of Pres and VP are in the Constitution

It specifies that they end on Jan 20 at noon.
All other offices hold their positions until their successors are elected and qualified, so they would stay in place.

[Miguelito Loveless]

32. Again, when has Trump EVER been constrained by anything as trivial as the law?

Also, he can directly interfere with election turnout by declaring areas "containment zones" and sending troops in to enforce teh order. And please, do not insult my intelligence by saying that soldiers will disobey unlawful orders. History mostly says otherwise.

[Hekate]

3. Wait -- what? Who said that?

[LizBeth]

4. Sanders people are all over the place trying to get the primary postponed.

[Hekate]

5. Oh for the love of god

[LizBeth]

8. Using a crisis. What kind of people do that? Almost there with what Trump is doing with the crisis.

Give me the Democrats that just have decency and integrity. And do the right thing. Time and time again.

[jimfields33]

26. Won't happen

i think it’s way too late to cancel the four states voting tomorrow. I know I will be in line voting.

[still_one]

6. +++

[herding cats]

7. Don't worry. No matter how much some might wish for an extension before the end.

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One won't be coming.

There will still be primaries on Tuesday. The states have all already said these dates are on, and they have the final say.

Then, it's all over but the final campaign staff meetings where you wish everyone the best in their futures, while secretly checking your phone every few minutes hoping Biden's local camping reached back out to you.

[Funtatlaguy]

9. States should change to vote by mail

[pnwmom]

10. Yes, they should. The whole west coast can show them how. n/t

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

23. As long as they don't use envelopes that have to be licked to seal.

I wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of all those letters unless I was wearing a HazMat suit.

[napi21]

11. It's not the parties that pospone elections, the States do. Ga. has delayed the primary to May 19.

This virus thing will be gone by November. Never fear. DT will be voted out in November!

[pnwmom]

13. Bernie's surrogates have been pushing for that, and people here have echoed the call.

That's what I was responding to.

Actually, I hope the virus is still with us in November. If we succeed in flattening the curve, it could well be with us then, but many lives will have been saved.

[LizBeth]

14. I don't. Flattening out the curve is going to take down businesses and peoples job.

none of us can afford to endure that amount of time.

[pnwmom]

15. Flattening out the curve will SAVE jobs and save lives.

It will spread the cases out over a longer period of time so that our system doesn't become completely overloaded -- and save millions of lives.

[LizBeth]

16. Ok. I am seeing what you are saying there but flattening will only happen with shut downs

and people isolating which is the whole purpose now and of course it will save lives. The results will be what you say but people are going to need to get back out there and business are going to have to start getting busy and making money again. Hence not wanting it to last into Nov. I hope we can shut everything down, flatten it and then as summer arrives and ??? Whatever, cause I do not know anything about this stuff.

I mean, you are not suggesting shut downs, borders closed people staying home thru to Nov, right?

[pnwmom]

17. There is so much we don't know . . . for example, we don't know but the cases

might dwindle over the summer, as flu cases do. It's a possibility. Then it might resurge again in the fall.

It might disappear at the end -- or it might mutate into a new virus every year, as flu viruses do.

Our scientists are flying blind because this is a completely new virus. Alll we can really do now is try to buy enough time by slowing down the spread -- so our medical system isn't completely overloaded, and so some treatments can be figured out, and a vaccine developed.

[LizBeth]

18. I get that and am totally on board. I prefer to get 'er done well before Nov is all.

[pnwmom]

20. I understand. All of us would rather it be done before next week. I know I would.

That doesn't seem to be one of the options, though.

As someone quoted Winston Churchill recently, the only way to go through Hell is to go through it.

[LizBeth]

21. Before next week? Who is saying anything about next week? I am in discussion with work to take at

least a month, preferably two months off work and hoping that is enough time to have it flattened and more safe for older people like me to be in the public, working daily, around lots of other people.

[pnwmom]

22. Sorry, that was just a figure of speech. I really want it over as of yesterday.

[OnDoutside]

33. Since it's going to take 12-18 months for a vaccine to be developed, you're going to get your

wish !

[Baked Potato]

24. Going to vote Trump out may be the last thing I do,

but I’m gonna do it.

[kacekwl]

27. I said it before,

I will walk thru fire to vote to remove the devil.

[brewens]

28. Cancel if that's safest. Take care of the people. That's what we do. n/t

[Demsrule86]

30. It amazes me how many 'undecided' want to end the primary...which Sanders supporters also support...

[brewens]

31. I don't want to end the primary unless Bernie concedes. I'd prefer they changed to mail in voting or

whatever they can come up with. We shouldn't be responsible for any large crowds or long lines.

I was a Bernie supporter and still like him. It would look good for him to bow out.

[Demsrule86]

35. Fair enough.

[former9thward]

37. Louisiana has a democratic governor.

They postponed.