Supporters of President Donald Trump and counter-demonstrators against the president clash at a rally at Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington D.C. a day before the scheduled Million MAGA March, on Friday, November 13, 2020. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM 2024 Election Litigation Will Be Just as Hectic as 2020 Despite Fewer Disputes, Attorneys Say
"It seems to have crept into the mindset of elected officials that, we have the election, and then we got to go to court," Kleinbard's Matthew Haverstick said.
September 18, 2024 at 04:05 PM
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Litigation stemming from the 2020 General Election was unlike any other the state had seen before. Not only was Pennsylvania at the epicenter of one of the most hotly contested presidential races in American history, it was also the first cycle in which the courts were working out the ramifications of a sweeping election law that had been enacted only the year before.
Although this year's presidential contest is gearing up to be just as quarrelsome, some factors fueling the 2020 surge in litigation are unlikely to repeat.
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