•
•

United States Presidential (and Down-Ballot) Election, Tuesday, November 8th, 2016, Megathread/AMA (self.legaladvice)

ExpiresAfterUseQuality Contributor が 投稿 - announcement

Good Afternoon /r/legaladvice,

As previously announced, today we will be holding a megathread/AMA over the election to be held in the United States on November 8th.

THIS IS NOT A PLACE FOR QUESTIONS OF A POLITICAL NATURE. THIS IS A PLACE FOR QUESTIONS REGARDING ELECTION LAW, HOW TO REGISTER, WHERE TO VOTE, ETC. THIS THREAD WILL BE HEAVILY MODERATED, AND YOU WILL BE BANNED WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING FOR TROLLING OR ASKING OVERLY POLITICAL QUESTIONS.

We have a variety of both attorneys, and campaign professionals that will be answering questions. These include supporters of both Sec. Clinton and Mr. Trump. Below is a selected highlight of those that will be answering questions, potentially.

/u/UsuallySunny is a licensed attorney in the state of California. She has worked with a non-partisan group to ensure free and fair elections for numerous years.

/u/ramady is a campaign professional based on the East coast. While he likely will not be answering any questions today, as he is quite busy working for the next three days, he may pop in if he is able to.

/u/Zanctmao is a licensed attorney in the Pacific Northwest. He has volunteered for campaigns in the past.

/u/ExpiresAfterUse is a quant who knows strange things like House delegation control and electoral votes off the top of his head. No one likes or talks to quants.

Welcome, and I encourage all with questions to ask regarding voter ID laws, voter registration, where to vote, what the electoral process looks like, etc.!

EDIT I forgot I had some links I wanted to share.

Check here for Voter ID laws by state

Check here for Voter registration laws by state

Check here to see if you are registered to vote

Check here to see where you can vote

全 11 件のコメント
並べ替え:
ベスト
トップ新着論争中古い順Q&A

[–]UsuallySunnyQuality Contributor[M] [スコア非表示] stickied comment (0子コメント)

I'm also happy to take California-specific questions. I read all 17 ballot measures, so please ask me a question about one of them.

[–]ExpiresAfterUseQuality Contributor[S] 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

You can find the announcement thread here. This thread contains a few questions and answers.

[–]ExpiresAfterUseQuality Contributor[S] 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

/u/Slutty_Squirrel asks:

So, I'm hearing a lot about some southern states, such as South Carolina, where Black voters are being scheduled work shifts of 12-15 hours on Election Day.

Are there really states where employers are NOT required to let people leave to vote?

[–]ExpiresAfterUseQuality Contributor[S] 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

/u/charlottedhouse asks:

(South Carolina) My address on my drivers license is different than what shows up in voters registration. Will I be able to vote at my polling place with just my license? If not, what can I bring with me that will allow me to vote? (My voters registration card got lost.)

[–]ExpiresAfterUseQuality Contributor[S] 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

/u/meatb4ll asks:

If somebody were to try and change the country's voting system, what would their options be? Would that needs a conditional amendment, a new law, getting at each state one by one?

[–]PM-Me-BeerQuality Contributor 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

1) What can the states do post-election to publicly guarantee the authenticity of their results?

2) Without voter ID laws, how is voter fraud prevented?

[–]ExpiresAfterUseQuality Contributor[S] 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

/u/visvis asks:

If the new president were crazy enough (not suggesting that any candidate is that crazy of course) to violate the constitution by firing all Supreme Court justices and appointing nine new ones without involving the Senate, the Supreme Court would have to rule this move unconstitutional, right? Who gets to decide whether the old or the new Supreme Court gets to rule on its constitutionality?

[–]ExpiresAfterUseQuality Contributor[S] 0ポイント1ポイント  (2子コメント)

/u/JustSysadminThings asked:

What is the process to challenge the validity of a states electoral results? Does it start in state court or is this something that goes straight to the supreme court for consideration?

[–]ExpiresAfterUseQuality Contributor[S] 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

The answer to that question is not going to be what you are looking for. A "regular" voter does not have the standing to challenge the validity of election results. If Mr. Trump or Sec. Clinton wish to contest election results in say, oh just a random state, Florida, they must do so themselves. That is why it is Bush v. Gore, not Random Citizen v. State of Florida.

As for the actual process in Bush v. Gore started in Florida State Court. Gore actually won at the state court level, and that is when then-Gov. Bush appealed to SCOTUS and we got the Bush v. Gore ruling. Notice that Bush is the plaintiff and Gore the defendant.

[–]UsuallySunnyQuality Contributor 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I agree. The cases definitely don't go directly to SCOTUS. Some states have specific provisions for election challenges, including who can bring them, in which court, and the grounds for the challenge. They require specific evidence, more than just anecdotes.

Election challenges are different from the automatic recount laws, which says that if an election is within x percentage/number of votes, a recount automatically happens. IIRC the Florida challenge in 2000 started as an automatic recount.