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During the semester, I shall post course material and students will comment on it. Students are also free to comment on any aspect of American politics, either current or historical. There are only two major limitations: no coarse language, and no derogatory comments about people at the Claremont Colleges. This blog is on the open Internet, so post nothing that you would not want a potential employer to see. Syllabus: http://gov20h.blogspot.com/2023/08/draft-introduction-to-american-politics.html

Wednesday, November 4, 2020

After the People Vote


After the People Vote

TIMELINE FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 2020

November 3 Election Day

  • "Declarations" and concessions have no legal meaning.
  • Election administration is a state and local duty. There is no "national ballot."
  • Counting takes time, in part because so many offices are on the ballot.

November 3–December 8 Period for resolving state recounts and controversies

  • "Safe Harbor"

December 14 Electors cast their votes

  • "The Electoral College" is an abstraction.  All the nation's electors never meet together.  They meet state by state.
  • "Faithless elector" laws

January 6 Congress counts the electors’ votes

  • Both houses have to reject a challenged electoral ballot for the objection to prevail.

January 20 Inauguration Day


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