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jmowreader

(50,529 posts)
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 03:19 PM Nov 2020

December 8 is the next important date

That is the date all states are required to certify their elections and choose their electors by. They call it the Safe Harbor date.

This means Trump’s challenges can not be filed after that date.

I suspect the end game will be a court somewhere will tell the administration, “you believe that any vote that isn’t for you is fraudulent, and that’s not the case. People are allowed to vote for the other guy, and you’re up here proving why the should have.”

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December 8 is the next important date (Original Post) jmowreader Nov 2020 OP
A big fat K&R! CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2020 #1
Then electors vote Dec 14, right? CaptainTruth Nov 2020 #2
Yes.. Most will certify their count by late November but that is the absolute deadlne hlthe2b Nov 2020 #3
Most states have an earlier date to certify. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2020 #4
Great link - thanks! nt crickets Nov 2020 #5

CaptainTruth

(6,576 posts)
2. Then electors vote Dec 14, right?
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 03:22 PM
Nov 2020

"Monday after the second Wednesday in December of presidential election years is set (3 U.S.C. §7) as the date on which the electors meet and vote. In 2020, the meeting is on December 14."

hlthe2b

(102,132 posts)
3. Yes.. Most will certify their count by late November but that is the absolute deadlne
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 03:22 PM
Nov 2020

when the EC "convenes."

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