Typical

“Chaos” isn’t specific.

The commission was a valuable resource, especially for states that didn’t fund their own election security measures, but, as I said, for the majority of the states, especially the swing states, this isn’t their first rodeo dealing with disruptions and interference in their elections.

It remains to be seen what the impact of the dissolution of the commission will have on the midterms.

Not just Democrats, but all Americans who truly believe in democracy and the Constitution stand up to this bully stronger than ever with this idiocy. This should never happen in America.

We should not let a vocal minority of citizens who don't have enough common sense and basic logic to realize this man never should have been elected the first time and so much of this nation's residents acted so ignorantly to let him serve a second term. You are not supposed to give the man who was by far the most corrupt and incompetent person to ever hold the office of President a second term.

In the 1860s, Americans were smart enough to realize that James Buchanan did not deserve to return and he never did. It's a shame that Americans in 2024 were not as smart. The nation had a collective brain freeze, for lack of a better term and is suffering the terrible effects of it every day. It appears we shall do so until 2028.

But things can be better with more guardrails coming for the Felon if Democrats win both houses of Congress this November.

They must have a team of strategists work on all aspects of the midterms. JFC this is going to be ugly.

well at least the purple and blues ones.

Both chambers hopefully will become blue.

Plan. At least ALL BLUE States

While this development is a new twist, it’s not clear to me how this particular action would cause chaos with the midterms.

This commission had no authority over certification of elections, which the sole jurisdiction of each state.

Now, if Trump intends to reconstruct the commission with new appointees, then we will have to see what their intentions are. Regardless, they have no authority, their role is solely as a supplemental resource to state officials.

Meanwhile, multiple states are working together to war game potential scenarios of disruption and interference, as they have in previous elections.

refusing to concede and not being held to account for it.

Tie this bullshit up in the court system? We know his MO it's do things just to appeal courts and DELAY. (until after Jan 20th) Then we will be in uncharted territory.

this kind of work and w others wasn't at "hair on fire" stage. Remember how Rachael Maddow would say "talk me down!"

While they couldn't anticipate everything and could be some problem I felt more reassured than not.
Obviously Jan, and the others will be keeping eyes on this!

Yes, the law establishing the Commission says the president can appoint someone to fill a vacancy, but expressly states that such "vacancy on the Commission shall be filled in the manner in which the original appointment was made and shall be subject to any conditions which applied with respect to the original appointment.

Those conditions include, "before the initial appointment of the members of the Commission and before the appointment of any individual to fill a vacancy on the Commission, the Majority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the Senate, and the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives shall each submit to the President a candidate recommendation with respect to each vacancy on the Commission affiliated with the political party of the Member of Congress involved."

and "the Commission shall have four members appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/52/20923

You should share this information with the Guardian staff and agency as they are the ones responsible for the quote from the article that you responded to and not I. I can do little to influence the outcome.

And frankly, we've seen the lack of respect that he and his sycophants have for US Law, so quote any and all of them. That, too, doesn't influence or guarantee anything where he's concerned.

I don’t have any faith he will follow any rules

The most anti-democratic gaggle of terrorists this country has seen.

They know they are going to lose so they will claim the election is invalid in certain states and they will attempt to block representatives from those states from entering the chamber. I know that sounds paranoid but he doesn't care what damage he causes he will attempt a bloodless coup by declaring martial law in DC.

None of those predictions have come to pass and virtually all of them reflect a misunderstanding of what "martial law" actually is.
The Supreme Court long ago explained what martial law is and the limits of its implementation under the Constitution:

Ex parte Milligan, 71 U.S. (4 Wall.) 2 (1866)

"If, in foreign invasion or civil war, the courts are actually closed, and it is impossible to administer criminal justice according to law, then, on the theatre of active military operations, where war really prevails, there is a necessity to furnish a substitute for the civil authority, thus overthrown, to preserve the safety of the army and society; and as no power is left but the military, it is allowed to govern by martial rule until the laws can have their free course. As necessity creates the rule, so it limits its duration; for, if this government is continued after the courts are reinstated, it is a gross usurpation of power. Martial rule can never exist where the courts are open, and in the proper and unobstructed exercise of their jurisdiction. It is also confined to the locality of actual war."

I firmly believe he will do everything in his power, including ringing the capitol building with the national guard to prevent enough Democrat law makers from entering and taking their oath. I've said it for over a year, his fallback plan if they lose the house is to make sure that there are more GOP members present so that they can re-elect Johnson as speaker. Then they will pass a rules package that bars members from states where "the validity of the election is in question". Yes it will go to the courts but they don't care they always try to stall and thats what they will do.