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Vote only for candidates who promise to fight for maximum age limits for all Congressional, executive and judicial positions. End the gerontocracy.
Vote for candidates that aren’t a fall risk
The party can legally just ignore primary votes and name anyone for any spot in the general.
If push comes to shove, I really can't say for sure that they'll all hand the keys over if it's a wave. I think there's a decent chance the close ranks, and if any state party doesn't, the DNC cuts them off. Like, for the last decade they been standing on a pile of dynamite threatening to drop it if we don't do what they say.
Especially with age related cognitive decline, I think they'll drop the match honestly believe they're doing what's best.
Which is exactly why they need to go.
In the same way that the US government can just ignore its own Constitution without violating any international laws.
They can't legally ignore primary votes. It's not necessarily a crime, but there is definitely a successful and very expensive lawsuit if someone wins a primary by the rules and the party just picks someone else instead.
The DNC literally have argued in court to a judge that they can do this and the judge agreed...
It wasn't even a decade ago, you're almost definitely old enough to have lived thru it. And it was pretty big news at the time...
https://lawandcrime.com/opinion/bernie-sanders-donors-lose-case-alleging-dnc-improperly-tipped-the-scales-in-favor-of-hillary-clinton/
The DNC legitimately said Dem voters should know that the DNC is corrupt and that they won't let a fair primary happen.
You're talking like this is a hypothetical still, the lawsuit has already happened.
But like, even just a few months ago we saw it happen:
https://www.factcheck.org/2024/07/experts-delegates-free-to-pick-democratic-nominee/
People need to start paying more attention