What happens to the election if Biden dies before it?

  • With considerable time til the election
  • Not enough time to change the election

Assuming Biden wins on election day, what is the procedure at various stages throughout the election if Biden dies?

  • After election day but before votes are counted
  • Votes counted but not certified by Congress
  • Certified but not inaugurated
  • Any other stages I’ve missed
      • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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        6 months ago

        Because if Trump dies then we have a lot less to worry about

        Only because I think Biden can take Ms Haley in an election. (You forgot she won a single primary, right?)

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      6 months ago

      TBH because of his physical presentation at the debate. Yeah, it’s short-sighted, but welcome to the public thought process. Whatever is churned thru the latest 15 minute media cycle seems to be what they believe.

      Doesn’t matter if he had a cold and was dosed up on NyQuil or whatever; his voice was weak, he stumbled over making coherent sentence multiple times, and he just had a blank, open-mouthed stare when between questions. I’ve had shitty colds and been drugged up with cold meds and I know that feel of being sore, exhausted, hoarse, and disconnected. You just want to go have a lie-down, not a public debate against a raging, insulting, narcissistic asshole. But it takes someone willing to understand all that and give Biden the benefit of the doubt.

      There are far too many that start from the “old” part and just attribute everything possible to that which they find disagreeable.

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      6 months ago

      Let’s look at oldest mainline Presidential nominees in history:

      1. Biden - 2024 (81)
      2. Trump - 2024 (78)
      3. Biden - 2020 (77)
      4. Trump - 2020 (74)
      5. Reagan - 1984 (73)
      6. Trump - 2016 (70)
      7. Reagan - 1980 (69)

      Next President who was elected was William Henry Harrison, but we’re getting “young” enough there may be unelected nominees I’m not aware of.

      Also: fun fact. Jimmy Carter’s post-presidency lifespan has been over 43 years so far, while Teddy Roosevelt was only 42 when elected Predident.

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        6 months ago

        Full immunity to disease too he supposes, while injecting desinfectant and thinking about his triumph

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      6 months ago

      There are so many more eyecatching things wrong with Trump, so his age never gets brought up. Biden mostly just has his age and the Israel situation, so those are the two things you hear about the most.

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        6 months ago

        The right all week accused Biden of taking performance enhancing stimulants. I’m unclear where they got that information, until you remember one thing. When the GOP accuses the left of something, it usually comes out later that its because thats what THEY feel guilty about themselves doing.

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          They don’t feel guilt. They just want to be able to say “Well, there have been rumors (that we started) that Mr. Dem has been doing that for years! Why aren’t you investigating HIM?”

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          6 months ago

          The right all week accused Biden of taking performance enhancing stimulants. I’m unclear where they got that information

          They pulled it from their asses, just like most of the idiocy they throw around.