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Congress Must Count The Votes: The Danger Of Not Including A State's Electoral College Votes During A Disputed Presidential Election, Joshua A. Douglas
Congress Must Count The Votes: The Danger Of Not Including A State's Electoral College Votes During A Disputed Presidential Election, Joshua A. Douglas
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Imagine this (nightmare) scenario: In the November 2020 election,
one party wins control of both Houses of Congress, and the presidency comes
down to a disputed election in a state that typically leans toward the other party.
Let's say that Republicans take back a majority of the House of Representatives,
retain control of the Senate, and the presidency will depend on a swing state like
Pennsylvania-a state that voted for the Democratic nominee from 1992
through 2012 but the Republican nominee in 2016. Assume also that Congress,
now fully under Republican control, receives two competing slates of electoral
college votes …