The new President gets elected in early Nov. Why id there a 2.5 month gap for the new President to take office? In the meantime the outgoing President is either a lame duck whom no one listens to, or at worst, can cause a lot of damage in areas like foreign affairs and military.

This may have made sense in the 1800s because of delays of the time, but not now.

Corporations don't let employees who have resigned to stick around. Why is the President sticking around for so long?

You sound like a threat to democracy

Unfortunately, there's no political will to change the 20th Amendment. It was set for March back in 1787 but moved to January in 1932, probably for the reasons you mentioned.

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Ever had to move out a great grandparent? It takes a while to catalog and set up all the Hummels for the estate sale.

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The great grandparent owned and lived in the house. The President is a guest in the WH and should be all packed up come election time.

2.5 months is ridiculous. Vivek and Elon need to look into this!

CampSkunk said:

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Unfortunately, there's no political will to change the 20th Amendment. It was set for March back in 1787 but moved to January in 1932, probably for the reasons you mentioned.

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Thanks for the info. I can understand 2-3 weeks. Dec 1 should be the date of inauguration.

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Corporations don't let employees who have resigned to stick around.

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Think of it more like a retirement. It would be beneficial to keep the old employee around and have a smooth transition.

Because the technically advanced state of California is still counting votes....
Counting votes forever, is the last drawback for Dems to win elections.

It would make more sense for the start of the presidential term to align with the start of the new Congress.

People are still adjusting to daylight savings time, so it just makes sense.

Good point. And then they take off for weeks at Christmas. Later in January seems to be the timing that works.

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Phatbob said:

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Ever had to move out a great grandparent? It takes a while to catalog and set up all the Hummels for the estate sale.

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The great grandparent owned and lived in the house. The President is a guest in the WH and should be all packed up come election time.

2.5 months is ridiculous. Vivek and Elon need to look into this!

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The Constitution says "lol, no."

Interestingly, the King appoints the new Prime Minister of the UK the day after the election.

fc2112 said:

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Interestingly, the King appoints the new Prime Minister of the UK the day after the election.

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Kings are for loosers

Burdizzo said:

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Finally, a F16 poster that reads and understands the Constitution

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That darn pesky Constitution. I am sure OP wanted Brandon installed as President in Nov 2020 as well unfortunately I couldn't find that tread he started.

This is more like one company taking over another one as opposed to a resigning employee or group of employees. Some people from the company being acquired often do stay around for transition and sometimes for as long as 6 mos . I don't think a 2.5 month transition is out of line.

Having said that, the damage the outgoing admin may be able to do in the 2.5 mos is a fair concern and should be watched closely.

I thought they switched it to January 20th because there was a president in the same mental shape as Biden and when January 1st came around they couldn't find him? when they eventually found him he was wondering around lost in the forest with **** in his pants (poop rash) and it took a couple weeks to get him ready to pass the torch?

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The new President gets elected in early Nov. Why id there a 2.5 month gap for the new President to take office? In the meantime the outgoing President is either a lame duck whom no one listens to, or at worst, can cause a lot of damage in areas like foreign affairs and military.

This may have made sense in the 1800s because of delays of the time, but not now.

Corporations don't let employees who have resigned to stick around. Why is the President sticking around for so long?

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In Mexico, it's like six months

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The vote held in November by the people is to elect the electors.

Then electors in each state meet on or by December 17th to determine who they are voting for President and Vice President and transmit those votes to the archivist and President of the Senate.

On January 6th, those votes are published to Congress and certified.

Two weeks later, the President is sworn in.

The real election hasn't even taken place yet.

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And here I thought, it was so College and NFL football were not disrupted. Especially the bowl games.

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Horses and carriages were slow in 1776.

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And in 1792

I'd argue to say right now the lame duck is working is Trump's favor. He is aggressivly working now and I'm confident he will continue to do so through January 20th to build his team and his plan. But these 2.5 months won't go against his 4 years in office (and especially his 2 years with house and senate).

This will all depend though on if Biden does anything the next 2.5 months to hamstring Trump or get a bunch of judges approved. I'm hoping during the meeting yesterday Trump offered Biden something small in return for just being a 100% lame duck and not appointing any more judges or executive orders. I'm hoping Biden is pissed at his party and won't do anything to help them now.

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Corporations don't let employees who have resigned to stick around.

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Unless fired a 2-week notice is pretty standard in corporate America.

This time is essentially the same thing.

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infinity ag said:

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Corporations don't let employees who have resigned to stick around.

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Unless fired a 2-week notice is pretty standard in corporate America.

This time is essentially the same thing.

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Depends. If you are a senior leader and resign, you are out. They don't want you talking to customers or making strategic plans when you are headed out.

2.5 months is too much. 2-3 weeks is reasonable.

Because you touch yourself at night.

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Burdizzo said:

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Finally, a F16 poster that reads and understands the Constitution

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That darn pesky Constitution. I am sure OP wanted Brandon installed as President in Nov 2020 as well unfortunately I couldn't find that tread he started.

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In OP's defense, he didn't know Trump could not do a third term. Maybe he's not in the USA

Lincoln complained about it as well, while waiting, the south started seceding,

Technically the real election hasn't happened yet. Only the election telling the states how to direct their electors.

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infinity ag said:

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The new President gets elected in early Nov. Why id there a 2.5 month gap for the new President to take office? In the meantime the outgoing President is either a lame duck whom no one listens to, or at worst, can cause a lot of damage in areas like foreign affairs and military.

This may have made sense in the 1800s because of delays of the time, but not now.

Corporations don't let employees who have resigned to stick around. Why is the President sticking around for so long?

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In Mexico, it's like six months

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Slowpoke Rodriguez, he pack a gun.

Because the Constitution was written at a time without planes, trains, and automobiles, and a President-Elect might need a couple of months to travel to Washington.