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What if the 2020 Presidential Election is Disputed?
May 4, 2020 Expert Roundtable
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Sessions

Session One | 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM (EDT)
From Election Day (Nov 3) to Meeting of Electors (Dec 14)
Hypothetical scenarios:
1.1 Philadelphians experienced delays receiving absentee ballots
1.2 Michigan’s election night results flip after “late counted” ballots
1.3 Florida hurricane prevented voting on Election Day

Session Two | 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM (EDT)
From Meeting of Electors (Dec 14) to Joint Session of Congress (Jan 6)
Hypothetical scenarios:
2.1 Pennsylvania sends two conflicting sets of electoral votes to Congress
2.2 Michigan also sends two conflicting sets, but raising different issues
2.3 Florida legislature appoints its electors after no election is held

Session Three | 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM (EDT)
From Joint Session of Congress (Jan 6) to Inauguration Day (Jan 20)
Hypothetical scenarios:
3.1 House and Senate are divided on which sets of electoral votes to accept from Pennsylvania and Michigan
3.2 Congress decides to invalidate Florida’s electoral votes; what happens to Electoral College math? 
3.3 Can Mike Pence preside over the Joint Session of Congress in an Electoral College dispute?

Post-Event Analysis

Edward Foley’s summary of the day’s event

Louis Jacobson’s analysis in the Cook Political Report

Todd Ruger’s article in Roll Call

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