In just 228 days, voters are going to head to the polls to elect the next president, most of Congress, and about thousands of state-government members. But have you thought what would Election Day looks like or if it will even be conducted on schedule – is a subject of debate?

Here are the answers to some of the election-related questions.

Will President Trump reschedule the election?

At this juncture, 15 states have already postponed their presidential primaries, with most pushing them back until June. That makes us wonder whether the presidential election in November could be delayed.

According to a law that goes back to 1845, the US presidential election is slated for Tuesday after the first Monday of November every four years. That makes it 3 November in 2020. It would take an act of Congress approved by majorities in the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives and the Republican-controlled Senate to change that.

The chances of a bipartisan legislative consensus signing off on any delay looks unlikely.

What’s more, even if the voting day gets changed, the US Constitution mandates that a presidential administration should only last four years. This implies that Donald Trump’s first term will expire at noon on 20 January 2021.

What can happen if the election gets delayed?

If the election doesn’t take place before the scheduled day, the presidential line of succession will kick in. Second, up would be Vice-President Mike Pence, and given that his term in office also expires on that day, he’s in the same situation as the president.

Next in line would be Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House, but her two-year term will be up at the end of December. In such a scenario, the senior-most official eligible for the presidency would be 86-year-old Republican Chuck Grassley of Iowa, the president pro tem of the Senate. That would only happen if the Republicans still control the Senate after a third of its 100 seats are vacated due to its own expirations.