Nucifera
Dagobah Resident
Perhaps somebody can help me understand the following chart...
(and its implications)
(As of today) Monday, November 9 Rudy Giuliani will be filing suit in reaction to the 'irregularities' of November 4 at the Supreme court.
This will of course take some time. What would be the deadline for the inquiries and decision of the SC in keeping with the schedule above?
Dec 8, Dec 14 or even January 20?
How unshakeable is especially the December 14 date of voting at the Electoral College?
Let's surmise that a state government involved in the inquiries of the SC is dragging out this process as long as Dec 14, can the Supreme Court extend or change the schedule shown above?
Can the Electoral College be postponed until early January?
Good questions. It might take legal scholars, maybe even various courts, to answer how all this works in a contested election.
Meanwhile, I can tell you one thing: It's not Dec. 14 yet (at least where I live), so Biden is not president-elect. Among other things, there may be twists and turns in the selections of electoral college voters. There could be surprises in how they actually vote. Regardless, they have not voted yet. Despite who they ultimately elect, there may be other interesting things that play out. It ain't over 'til it's over. It may not even be over on January 20. OTOH, Trump could concede at some point.
Note that while the electoral college is an abstraction of the popular vote, it still doesn't work the way many think it does. If a candidate wins a state that has 8 EC votes, that means that they will get up to 8 votes. Various circumstance could cause them to get less.