The states at the center of the 2020 voting crisis – By Stef W. Kight (Axios) / July 22 2020
Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, North Carolina and Georgia are the battlefronts for voting rights advocates and election lawyers in a year one national expert says could make Bush v. Gore look like “a walk in the park.”
The big picture: What these states share in common are three overlapping factors that could create a perfect storm for legal challenges: competitive elections, surging coronavirus numbers and little experience historically with voting by mail.
- If elections are close in these states and some others, they could set off waves of protests and lawsuits over turnout, ballot access and alleged fraud — and that could undercut the perceived legitimacy of the results.
The big picture: Wisconsin and Pennsylvania backed Trump by less than one percentage point in 2016. Trump won Georgia and North Carolina with bigger margins — but fast forward to now and both currently are called “toss ups” by The Cook Political Report.
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