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Which ten States did Trump want to contest?
Giuliani's voicemail message intended for Senator Tommy Tuberville mentions that Trump wanted to contest ten States, which is a lot more than the States the court cases were about. Which States is ...
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Who are the two dead Georgia voters who voted? [closed]
It was clear from the call that Trump has surrounded himself with aides who have fed his false perceptions that the election was stolen. When he claimed that more than 5,000 ballots were cast in ...
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What procedures are in place to stop a U.S. Vice President from ignoring electors?
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) and President Donald Trump's defeated electors appear to be suing Vice President Mike Pence in a Federal Court in Texas. Gohmert and a handful of the electors sued Pence ...
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Why didn't poll observers use binoculars?
Apparently some of the lawsuits filed by the Trump campaign have protested the fact that their observers could not stand close enough to election workers to see the writing on mail-in ballots:
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In what way would invoking martial law have helped Trump overturn the 2020 election?
In the late 2020 news, it was said that then still-president Trump could have invoked martial law in order to help him overturn the 2020 election (CNN, Business Insider)
Flynn had suggested earlier ...
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As of 2020-12-16, is there any legal way for Trump to win the election despite the electoral college vote? [closed]
Trump has been claiming that the voting was flawed and there were many problems. At this point (December 16th, 2020), the Electoral College vote has been completed and Biden won. Is there any legally ...
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Georgia doing "hand recount" of 2020 Presidential Election Ballots. Why is "hand recount" better than "computer rescan"?
My initial judgement is that a "computer rescan" would have less chance of being biased and less change of making mistakes than a "hand recount", and so the "hand recount"...
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How exactly might Trump's contesting the election results determine the transition of the presidency? [closed]
The fact that Trump is going to contest the election results raises the following possibilities:
Trump fails to persuade the court that there were significant number of violations in the counting ...
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What if there is no Presidential winner on Jan 20?
In the year 2000, the state of Florida was in the process of various recounts when Bush v Gore put an end to the process on Dec 12, 2000, which allowed George W. Bush to become the 43th President ...
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What happens if presidential elections were not fair (in some states)?
Assume in some US state, the elections in November will not meet minimum standards of free and fair elections, e.g. a vast amount of votes is lost (in the mail), or extreme riots, or due to Corona, ...
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Has a sitting US president ever expressed anything less than a full willingness to accept the results of an election?
Currently there's a lot of discussion about Trump's vagueness when reporters ask him whether he would peacefully transfer his power to Joe Biden if he were to lose the election. Thus far Trump has not ...
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When was the last time the US electoral college chose a president other than the person recognized as winner at election time?
The Electoral College is elected on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November (United States presidential election - Wikipedia).
The President is then chosen by the Electoral College no ...
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Given a 4-4 tie, how would the Supreme Court determine results for a contested election?
Consider a hypothetical scenario in which there are eight Supreme Court justices at the time election results are being determined (ie, Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat has not been filled and there is no ...
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Can the House change how the contingent vote for President works?
If the electoral college is deadlocked, the House elects the president. However, each state gets 1 vote, so Massachusetts gets 1 vote despite being much smaller than Texas, for example.
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Can sitting US president "issue an executive order" barring his opponent presidency?
During his speech on a campaign rally in North Carolina, Trump said,
“You can’t have this guy as your president… You can’t have… maybe I’ll sign an executive order, you cannot have him as your ...
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