Republicans have said that hearings on the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett will begin the week of October 12, so a vote in the Judiciary Committee is possible by Thursday or Friday, October 16. There are mechanisms available to Democrats that could delay the committee vote a week, meaning it might not be able to hit the Senate floor until October 26, just over a week before Election Day and after tens of millions of votes will already have been cast.
Democrats can stop the nomination from getting to the Senate floor by refusing to advance it out of committee. They need one Democrat to vote to advance. Otherwise it cannot. https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/about/rules
Democrats can stop the nomination from getting to the Senate floor by refusing to advance it out of committee. They need one Democrat to vote to advance. Otherwise it cannot. https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/about/rules