Timeline for Who would become the US President if a fictional character like Cthulhu is elected?
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| Feb 2, 2021 at 20:30 | comment | added | Codes with Hammer | @hszmv: That's normally my nitpick. :) | |
| Feb 2, 2021 at 18:07 | comment | added | hszmv | @AlexeyRomanov: Thanks... not a Soccer fan, so my only experience with a Soccer League like set up is "Harry Potter Quidditch World Cup" for PS2. Same basic idea in that recovery from a series of narrow defeats. | |
| Feb 2, 2021 at 18:04 | comment | added | hszmv | @CodeswithHammer: Bit of a nitpick, but for the purposes of discussion here, the term "States" covers the four states that call themselves "Commonwealths" formally (Mass. Va., KT, and TN). This is due to the problem of Puerto Rico being a Commonwealth as well, despite not being only a Territory (thus no POTUS vote). | |
| Feb 1, 2021 at 19:45 | comment | added | Alexey Romanov | "This is a major plot point in Harry Potter, as Quidditch leagues are run the same way." Not quite. It's true that in soccer "the team that scored the most points is declared the winner, even though they might not have the most game wins" but only because of draws; the points are 3 per win and 1 per draw, not the number of goals scored. The goals are tallied, but only used as a tiebreaker when the number of points is equal (and not always the first tiebreaker). | |
| Feb 1, 2019 at 9:36 | comment | added | Rowan | Perhaps for the sake of evading the "not a citizen" problem, a fictional US citizen would be necessary. Batman comes to mind. He's a 70 - 80 year old rich white dude. He'll fit right in :P #batman2020 | |
| Jan 31, 2019 at 18:36 | comment | added | Codes with Hammer | I agree with the basic premise of this answer: All write-in votes for an invalid candidate would be recorded as invalid. No electoral votes would be obligated to the invalid candidate. Caveat: My source is RONR10, which does not govern elections in US states. Even so, I suspect this would be the outcome in all 51 state/commonwealth/DC elections. | |
| Jan 30, 2019 at 22:31 | comment | added | user4012 | Sorry - the edit improved it but still didn't actually provide information the question was seeking. It is evidently obvious that it would be disqualified. What the question is after is what is the exact political/legal mechanism of that disqualification | |
| Jan 30, 2019 at 22:29 | comment | added | user4012 | @jamesqf - if you can provide details (including disqialification of write ins) it would make for an excellent answer | |
| Jan 30, 2019 at 19:08 | comment | added | hszmv | @jamesqf: I agree. The premise was that the fictional character did pull the big upset at the polls. I assumed write in because that is the only way it could potentially happen. | |
| Jan 30, 2019 at 18:02 | comment | added | jamesqf | Cthulhu's candidacy has problems even before the election. In most if not all states a candidate has to demonstrate eligibility for office before being placed on the ballot. A number of states don't allow write-in votes, or don't count them, so he/she/it would have no chance of getting the requisite number of Electoral College votes. | |
| Jan 30, 2019 at 17:52 | comment | added | hszmv | Edited to clarify, @user4012 | |
| Jan 30, 2019 at 17:52 | history | edited | hszmv | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 30, 2019 at 17:34 | comment | added | user4012 | " These votes would be disqualified by the fact of disqualification and would be counted as if they did not choose the vote at all." - this may be an answer, but it needs some citations for the actual mechanism of how that "disquaification" would work | |
| Jan 30, 2019 at 17:20 | history | answered | hszmv | CC BY-SA 4.0 |