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Elections are run by the states, not the federal government. They are going to happen as usual.
They could try to ignore the results, but the elections are happening.
Rules. The constitution. Those don’t apply to the PedoNazis.
I honestly don’t understand why so many people are convinced that the system will correct itself when the regime is ignoring the system - specifically including the courts that are supposed to defend the system.
It's neither self-correcting nor quite as bad as you think. I expect them to try to ignore the results rather than prevent elections from taking place
If he successfully imposes martial law he can use the army to stop the states from holding elections.
The army isn't big enough to pull that off without killing everybody
You say that like they aren't already planning on killing over 100 million people.
Well, 3/4 of the US would be perfectly happy to agree not to do election just because Trump asked, so they only have to stop them in certain places. And even in those states its only a couple counties that don't already vote for Trump. Look at a county level election result map and you will suddenly see a pretty achievable military objective.
Most Americans are not interested in what you describe. There is an absolutely huge swing (about 30 percentage points) towards Democrats in recent special elections.
Also, the penalty for a state skipping an election is that they don't get represented in Congress. So it's just fine if Republican-run states dont hold elections but Democratic-leaning ones do