If Kenya can redo a tainted election?

[edhopper]

Why can't we?

We have less of a democracy than a struggling African nation.

[rzemanfl]

1. K&R. n/t

[BigmanPigman]

2. My thoughts exactly when I saw it on the news the other night.

[saidsimplesimon]

3. Because our congress

is under the control of the republicons. We must get out the vote for every election, local, state and national. When we fail at this, the nutters acting against their own best interests will do even worse than steal an election.

[greeny2323]

4. Because

Because our Constitution doesn't allow it. The President, Congress and Supreme Court cannot redo an election.

[edhopper]

5. The election

never should have been ratified.

[Control-Z]

10. Does the Constitution say

a presidential election cannot be redone?

[LeftInTX]

13. Not for four years

Impeachment is the only way out.

Honestly, undoing elections sounds like a bad idea. Our country would be very unstable if we held an election whenever anyone got pissed off. We are country of laws, not whims.

[longship]

6. There's this thing. It's called a constitution.

Pick it up and read it. Then you'll know.

There you will also find out: We are not a democracy, but a republic (if we can keep it, as Franklin said).

There are no presidential election Mulligans under our constitution. There's nothing in it that allows any do overs if people dislike the results.

There are two methods to remove a president, however. I suggest that people focus on them rather than silly what-ifs on non-existent election do overs.

Alas! It is what it is.

[shanny]

7. The Constitution. Next question.

[lunamagica]

8. K&R.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

9. The Constitution.

It's a silly document, I know, but is, oddly enough, the underlying basis for much of this country. Include our elections.

Chances are, you can find a copy of it on line.

[tammywammy]

11. The Constitution, the Electoral College has voted.

You can read it here: https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution-transcript

[brooklynite]

12. We have a 240 year old Constitution and they don't.