If the president hadn't already invaded a country, selectively suspended due process, underhandedly engaged in torture, and generally pushed at the edges of the constitution in an attempt to expand executive power, then this would seem like normal document.

Actually, its existence answers the question raised by the author - who would coordinate the reinstitution of the electoral process in the event of catastrophe? The answer, regrettable only by the merit of the administration currently in power, is the President.

On paper this does make sense. The executive branch should be the branch to coordinate such a recovery, because constitutionally, the executive branch is the only branch that can actively "coordinate" anything. If you imagine such an emergency unfolding under say, Eisenhower, Clinton, or maybe even Reagan, it doesn't sound so gloomy. It sounds like a plan - the only force in the country capable of stepping up does so. Who else?

The picture is only scary because of who el presidente is currently.