[EL] Rumors on replacing Trump (redux)

[Edward Still]

To paraphrase Gov. Rick Scott about extending the time for voter
registration, "The GOP has had plenty of time to choose its candidate."

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On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 9:03 PM, Schultz, David A. <dschultz at hamline.edu>
wrote:

> In light of Trump’s recent comments about women and questions about
> whether he can be replaced, consider first the rule 9 THE REPUBLICAN
> NATIONAL COMMITTEE which is posted below.
>
> The simple answer is no simple answer regarding what happens if Trump were
> to be replaced on the ticket. The RNC executive committee has the authority
> to replace Trump if he steps down or is otherwise incapacitated. A coup
> does not seem possible and it does not appear that he can simply be
> replaced by the will of the RNC.    But assume Trump is replaced. The
> second issue is what to do with the ballots. In some states the law would
> allow for a substitution while in others the law is more complicated and we
> might a reprise of the Minnesota Wellstone death 11 days before the
> election (of which I know way too much about). We also have, as with
> Wellstone, the issue of already cast ballots and rights under state and
> federal law that may force a right to recast ballots. There are a lot of
> complicated practical as well as federal and state statutory and
> constitutional issues at play here and there is no one simply answer that
> applies to all 50 states.
>
>
> RULE NO. 9
> Filling Vacancies in Nominations
> (a) The Republican National Committee is hereby authorized and empowered
> to fill any and allvacancies which may occur by reason of death,
> declination, or otherwise of the Republican candidate for President of the
> United States or the Republican candidate for Vice President of the United
> States, as nominated by the national convention, or the Republican National
> Committee may reconvene the national convention for the purpose of filling
> any such vacancies.
>
>
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