If you're not scared, you're not paying attention.

[kellinator]

The government needs to establish guidelines for canceling or rescheduling elections if terrorists strike the United States again, says the chairman of a new federal voting commission.

Did he say "canceling"? Get me my Valium.

If anyone needs me, I'll be hiding under my desk.

Comments

[the-yellow-king.livejournal.com]

Hmmm.
Looks like I need to dig out my old Cyberpunk 2020 RPG again.
Let's see....
How about this entry from the GURPS Cyberworld campaign?

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The summer dragged on in a bloody cycle of riot and reprisal, and on September 1, 2004 Patterson announced that, in view of the profound state of emergency, he had no choice but to suspend the US Constitution by executive order (EO-124). November elections would be postponed until no later than 2006. The nation would be run by executive orders, which would be ratified by Congress. These orders would last 90 to 180 days, unless made law by Congress. This startling declaration was supported by measures from both houses of Congress, and endorsed by statements from many state, local, and corporate leaders. A brief legal challenge was raised by the Supreme Court, which claimed that EO-124 was fully unconstitutional. The dissenting justices were arrested by NERCC, and the remainder were informed by Patterson of the new emergency measures. Shortly thereafter, all federal courts were placed under NERCC supervision. Judges who failed to cooperate with the emergency regime were impeached by executive order, and replaced.
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Heh.
While I believe there should be guidelines created by Congress to reschedule elections in case of emergency [those guidelines being made untouchable by the executive branch by law], cancellation would be a bad idea.