• overthere@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      4 months ago

      We don’t cancel elections in the US. Even for war. A full-scale invasion of the mainland might be enough to try it, but some piddling foreign “special military operation” isn’t going to cut it.

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        4 months ago

        Yes but that’s based on precedent. The current administration gives zero fucks about precedent or logic or anything else. Any convenient excuse will work for them.

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          4 months ago

          Its also based on who runs the elections: the states. The federal executive branch doesn’t hold power over them.