• BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    Boss doesn’t need to die, just resign. You could literally just have a sham person be elected as the “president” and then resign on Day 1 each time to keep someone as president indefinitely.

    Assuming voters played along with that of course.

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      3 months ago

      You don’t need the voters. You need the states.

      We’re about to find out what happens when states refuse to recognize the winner of the Electoral College. Georgia, Arizona, and likely other states are going to fuck the state votes and refuse to certify.

      If you can get enough state reps and congressional reps to vote for you each cycle (as VP), then take over from the sham president, you could effectively be president forever.

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        3 months ago

        Technically the state reps and congressional reps need to be voted in too, so the voters have some power, even if gerrymandering makes it less than it should be.