What if there are two winners of america presidential election?
By Zikica Milosevi'c
Even within the worst of times and in the most uncertain presidential races, there's always been something gentlemanly concerning the American presidential elections, and that is to confess defeat. Situations like in Belarus or Venezuela, where no-one would like to confess defeat and everyone claims that they are legitimate winners, have not been possible in the usa so far.
WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN LAST TIME?
The before if this happened that no-one could tell who had been the elected president was in 1876, but which was immediately after the Civil War and also the feelings between the North and also the South remained as negative, strong and vehement. Even in year 2000, Bush Jr. won within the entire state of Florida by just 537 votes, thus securing presidential win against Al Gore. In 1876, the Republican, Rutherford Hayes and also the Democrat, Samuel Tilden clashed over who had conquered the 4 key states – Florida, Louisiana, Oregon, and Sc. To create matters more complicated, 3 from 4 of these states, except Oregon, sent two electoral delegations each – that is, all three were Southern. It was not clear who the Congress would deem as legitimate – the Democrats argued that Tilden’s electoral votes were “the actual ones” and also the Republicans claimed that Hayes’ were “the real deal”. Because of the 1877 compromise, Hayes was appointed president, but needed to order the withdrawal from the army in the former Confederacy, which exposed black individuals to attacks from white militia and slowed their integration. But no war erupted!
WHAT ABOUT 2023?
The Americans were divided into two large factions 4 times within their history. In 1776, some Americans wanted independence, and some were loyal to the British crown. As a result, a revolution happened. In 1861, its northern border and also the South clashed and the Civil War started. Throughout the 1960s, there wasn't any war, however the conflict over integration within the South reached a boiling point using the assassinations of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King. Still, there was no civil war by itself, although white supremacists and Black Panthers paraded with the cities. However in today’s America, affected by the coronavirus, an excellent dark cloud is hovering over democracy, which has been an example a minimum of in that sense, and that is voting by mail. Due to the coronavirus, a lot of people asked to vote by mail. Postal services in America are feeble and neglected. Secondly, in certain states, the Democrats have previously managed to send ballots en masse to voters' home addresses, even going to those individuals who didn't ask to vote from home. The options for abuse are becoming enormous. Trump has repeatedly underlined the results should be declared on the election night and has reiterated that in a number of of his threatening tweets. Hillary Clinton said she'd advised Biden not to admit defeat on election night by any means and also to wait for the postal votes to be counted. But Trump intends to declare himself the winner based on the votes relied on the election night, which will apt to be the case in several so-called “swing states”. He'll also consider all changes made in the days after the election night as illegitimate. But as the votes received by mail within the swing states are counted, the end result can turn in Biden’s favour. If that happens, Biden is going to be declared the winner and we will have two self-proclaimed winners. The climate will most likely reach the boiling point.
WHAT Will the CONSTITUTION SAY?
Since the Republicans will win big in some states and also the Democrats in other people, the composition from the electoral delegations of these countries won't be questioned. But in the states where there has been a change in the time from the election night to the final count of votes received by mail, these states can send two electoral delegations to some session where obama is elected. On January 6, 2023, the session is going to be chaired by Mike Pence, and that he will convene the electoral votes to count. If there are two delegations, say, one sent with a Democratic governor, using the total number of votes ultimately, and also the other sent with a team of Republican lawmakers, in line with the election night results, then both Congress and the Senate must decide which delegation is “the correct one.” When the Congress and the Senate disagree, the Senate can annul both delegations from that state, and if there are more such delegations, then neither Trump nor Biden could reach the required 270 electoral votes. Should this happen, the “the number of states did each candidate win” approach will be used. Currently, Trump is leading against Biden with 26:22, which would suffice for him to win. When the Democrat-run Congress says it'll accept just those electoral votes confirmed through the governors, and the Republican-controlled Senate rejects that option, the Speaker of the home of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, automatically becomes acting president. However, this decision should be confirmed by the Supreme Court, in which the Republicans will have a 6:3 majority, so the decision will be annulled. When that occurs, a real constitutional crisis arises, because, on January 20, the united states army won't know that has the nuclear codes and who's the supreme commander.
STALEMATE IN THE MAKING
If Trump loses the entire quantity of votes and wins 270+ electoral votes, 40% from the Democrats have asserted they would reject the election results. If Trump has the lead following a direct vote rely on the election night, and then loses it once the postal votes are counted, 30% from the Republicans have asserted Trump should stay president. White supremacists, extreme Christians, the WASP elite, and various armed formations are avid Trump supporters, while Biden is supported by the BLM activists, leftists, and the liberal elite. The potential of conflict is plentiful. Which gentlemanly excellence of the US election we talked about earlier will evaporate. In the usa, overwhelmed by the coronavirus, BLM protests and financial crisis, we could well see the unthinkable happening; that is the same scenes in the streets of Belarus or Venezuela. And that is unimaginable. For the time being!
