A Timeline of the Presidential Election of 2020
Seth J. Chandler 2020
Seth J. Chandler 2020
Set forth below is a simplified reconstruction of the timeline for the Presidential election of 2020 using both the United States Constitution, including the 20th amendment, and the provisions of sections 1-21 of Title 3 of the United States Code. There are tooltips for each label of the timeline setting forth the most relevant authorities. The author is Foundation Professor of Law at the University of Houston Law Center and teaches constitutional law.
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plot=FramedLabeledTimelinePlotLabeled,Tooltip["Appointment of electors by state\na/k/a \"Election Day\"","3 U.S.C. § 1"],LabeledDateInterval,Tooltip["Governor transmits identity of electors","3 U.S.C. § 6"],Labeled,Tooltip["Safe Harbor Day"," 3 U.S.C. § 5"],Labeled,Tooltip["Electors vote","3 U.S.C. § 7, 9"],Labeled,Tooltip["Transmittal of elector certificates","3 U.S.C. § 10-11"],Labeled,Tooltip["Congressional terms expire\nnew Congress takes power","20th amendment"],Labeled,Tooltip["Congress tallies the elector certificates","3 U.S.C. § 15"],LabeledDateInterval,Tooltip["Congress resolves disputes\nrelating to states not within safe harbor","3 U.S.C. § 15 & U.S. Const. amend. 12"],Labeled,Tooltip["President's term expires\na/k/a Inauguration Day","U.S. Const. amend. 20"],PlotLayout"Vertical",PlotTheme"Web",PlotLabelStyle["Timeline of the Presidential Election of 2020","Section"],Style["Seth J. Chandler 2020","Text",TextAlignmentRight],FrameStyle->Directive[{Black,Thick}],BackgroundGrayLevel[0.98]
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