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Just What Does the Constitution Do in the Case of a Tight Election
Just What Does the Constitution Do in the Case of a Tight Election?Since 1789, there have been 58 presidential elections. The Supreme Court was directly involved in settling a dispute in the 2000 contest between George Bush and Al Gore, and five Justices sat on a commission that decided the 1876 race between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel Tilden. https://youtu.be/rDiSGBjW_m0Other than that, the Court can get involved in settling disputes about the electoral process, such as about gerrymandering and voting rights, but it is rare for a presidential election to be disputed after Election Day in…
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