Already contingency options are in play:
Judge Napolitano explains if Pelosi could become acting president if election results are delayed past Jan. 20
The Fox News senior judicial analyst runs through each scenario on 'Varney & Co.'
By Caleb Parke | Fox News
Could House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., become president if there is no election result by January?
Fox News senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano told "Varney & Co." on Thursday whether Pelosi would automatically assume the role of acting president if the 2020 election is delayed.
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"It might be right," Napolitano told host Stuart Varney. "President Trump's term ends at precisely noon on Jan. 20, 2021. If the Electoral College has not yet named a successor, presumably either Donald Trump or Joe Biden, then whoever is the speaker of the House would become the acting president of the United States."
He explained, "If the Democrats retain their majority in the House, and it appears likely that they will, but if they do, and if they choose Mrs. Pelosi, knowing at that point that they're choosing the president of the United States, then it would be she."
Democrats could choose someone else or the Republicans could have the majority if they flip the House in November, the judge said.
"Stated simply," he added, "whoever is the sitting speaker of the United States, would become presiden
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