2064 United States Presidential election

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United States Presidential Election, 2064
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The 2064 United States presidential election was the 69th quadrennial Presidential election, held on Wednesday, November 4, 2064. Businessman Walter Copan beat Senator Vincent Kiran and Governor Ben Dominic to become President of the United States despite not having a single vote except his cast in his name. Regarded as one of the most unfair elections in history Vincent Kiran won 783 electoral votes, crossing the 656 required to win, beating Ben Dominics's 530. However when the electoral collage met on December 14th to elect the President Pacifica Industries CEO Walter Copan was declared the winner with the exact needed 656 to become President-Elect. Several Supreme Court cases were brought with the intent to disqualify Copan and force the electors to give their votes to the winners of each state, however the States Copan won did not require electors to vote with the state. Commonly known as "faithless electors". The decision of the Supreme Court kept Copan as President-Elect.
A second Supreme Court case was brought against the legality of Copan's running mate Thomas Patton. It was argued that since Patton was a canine he was not fit to assume office and should be disqualified as he did not meet the constitutional requirements. For a second time, the Supreme Court ruled in Copan's favor as Patton did technically meet the three requirements to become Vice President; 35 years of age, 14 years residency and born in the United States. Both decisions sparked uproar and riots across the United States, especially in states that voted for Kiran or were stolen by Copan. On January 6th, Vice President Calvin Hamel made one last attempt to stop Copan from taking office by refusing to certify his election and by throwing out his elections on the basis of them not being "regular in form". The Supreme Court issued an ruling after Copan sued forcing Hamel to certify the election. For the first time in history, the Senate Committee on Inaugural Affairs refused to give Copan an inauguration. Copan's inauguration would go on to be privately funded at the Lincoln Memorial.
It would be revealed that Copan had in fact paid the electors to cast their vote for him. Copan had promised them protection from prosecution as President but after his death in 2067, Patton failed to pardon even a single one of them and all were sentenced to prison for bribery.
== Background ==
== Republican Primaries ==
2064 Republican Party Ticket	2064 Republican Party Ticket
Walter Copan 	Thomas Patton
For President 	For Vice President
 	
65th President of the United States 
 (2065-2067)	67th Vice President of the United States 
 (2065-2067)