• The Pantser@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Can they though? RFK has been forced to stay on ballots in a few states because it’s too late to drop out. States like MI is one and it would be a automatic win for Harris since ballots can’t change.

    • ABCDE@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      it would be a automatic win for Harris since ballots can’t change.

      That sounds premature.

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      4 months ago

      I believe from memory (and I’d have to research this myself again) that while the ballots wouldn’t change, whoever the GOP has running in his place would win the spot. You can’t just win an election because your opponent disappears.

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        4 months ago

        Each state would have to decide for themselves how it works.

        And yes, candidates win all the time due to their opposition dropping out, dying, etc etc. But TMK, has never happened with a presidential election.