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This is a very important conversation Monday:
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Pull up a (virtual) seat as a panel of nationally recognized legal scholars, political scientists, and experts in election administration, Electoral College procedures, and presidential succession grapples with the legal issues that could arise in a series of hypothetical scenarios involving the 2020 presidential election.
The conversations will be divided into three distinct time frames from Election Day to Inauguration Day when complex legal issues could test our electoral process in new and serious ways.
This event is not merely an academic exercise, but an effort to identify the potential legal risks looming over the election and spark a national discussion about how we can put our country in a better position to handle similar scenarios should they arise.
(This is one webinar which you will be able to join and re-join throughout the day.)
Session One
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM (EDT)
From Election Day (Nov 3) to Meeting of Electors (Dec 14)
Click to review each hypothetical scenario that will serve as the basis for the discussion:
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)
Click to review each hypothetical scenario that happens in the aftermath of those in Session One:
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)
Click to review the hypothetical scenarios for Session Three:
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 the Electoral College math?
3.3 Can Mike Pence preside over the Joint Session of Congress in an Electoral College dispute?