Directive 51
https://fas.org/irp/offdocs/nspd/nspd-51.htm
Who Will Rule Us After the Next 9/11?
The reality of NSPD-51 is almost as bad as the paranoia.
https://slate.com/human-interest/2007/10/who-will-run-the-country-after-the-next-9-11.html
The artice gives an interesting example regading the elections.
"Consider that an election-eve al-Qaida attack, for instance, is not inconceivable. What if a nuclear device goes off in New York, Chicago, or Los Angeles the weekend before the election and a warning is issued that the other two cities will be hit on Election Day?
Who will decide whether the elections in those heavily Democratic states should be put off or whether the entire election should be postponed until … when? Until the bodies are cleared, the gamma radiation has subsided?"
It seems conceivable that you can replace neculear device with Covid 19 and the same conditions would then apply. Like this below…
"Consider that an election-eve al-Qaida attack, for instance, is not inconceivable. What if a Pandenic goes off in New York, Chicago, or Los Angeles the weekend before the election and a warning is issued that the other two cities will be hit on Election Day?
Who will decide whether the elections in those heavily Democratic states should be put off or whether the entire election should be postponed until … when? Until the bodies are cleared, the Coronavirus has subsided?