[This is the latest in his series on salient legal issues concerning the presidential election. For a comprehensive narrative of constitutional and statutory procedures involved in the presidential election, readers should go to the New York State Bar Association Report on the subject, here.]

It is hard to believe that the 2020 presidential election is actually upon us. During the last six months, this Sidebar column has addressed whether the election could be postponed, if a state legislature can step in and appoint its own slate of electors, and my continuing concern with terrorist attacks and natural disasters impacting the election. Here I address several “nightmare” scenarios that might occur if a state fails to determine a winner of its popular vote in time for presidential electors to meet.

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