An unprecedented volume of mail-in ballots due to the COVID pandemic, which will run predominantly Democratic and provide attractive targets for Republican attorneys to drag out state vote counts past the December 14th electoral college certification deadline

https://rall.com/2020/10/13/after-the-donald-the-deluge

"Even though it’s only a few weeks away, I am hesitant to call the election.

Biden has a huge lead in the polls but Trump has an ace in the hole

an unprecedented volume of mail-in ballots due to the COVID pandemic, which will run predominantly Democratic and provide attractive targets for Republican attorneys to drag out state vote counts past the December 14th electoral college certification deadline,

which would trigger the obscure 12th Amendment scenario in which 50 states each get one vote for president in the next House of Representatives, in which case Trump wins even if Biden wins the popular vote by a lot."

[I haven’t the faintest. We shall see. But if most polls are way off like in 2016, we’ll need to do something, anything, I don’t know what. Because people expect a certain outcome and IF that outcome doesn’t actually manifest, that leads to civil unrest. We shall see.]

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