In what is almost certainly a triumph of wishful thinking over reality, ABC News reports that “senior party officials are so frustrated — and confused — by Donald Trump’s erratic behavior that they are exploring how to replace him on the ballot if he drops out.” The party’s internal rules permit the RNC to “fill any and all vacancies which may occur by reason of death, declination or otherwise of the Republican candidate for president of the United States,” but this rule does not simply allow them to push out an unwanted candidate. Despondent Republicans would almost certainly need to convince Trump to withdraw from the race voluntarily if they wanted to replace him with someone else.
But let’s say that Trump agrees to drop out. Then what? As it turns out, the answer to that is quite complicated, and it hinges upon what 50 different state laws have to say about when Trump makes the decision to leave the race....
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2016/08/03/3804715/trump-drop-out-fallout/
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