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Thursday, October 1, 2020 - 7:00pm to Friday, October 2, 2020 - 6:45pm
Photo: Hayes-Tilden Contested Election 1876 (New York Magazine)
LEGAL PERSPECTIVES
OF A CONTESTED ELECTION
Thursday, October 1st, 2020 07:00 p.m.
Speaker: David Melton, J.D. & Moderator: Betsy Lassar
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Our speaker will walk us through a timeline of a disputed Presidential election, including:
- a review of the kinds of disputes that might arise at the state or local levels in counting votes and selecting representatives to the Electoral College;
- the history and process of the state electors in the Electoral College;
- the constitutional changes that moved the inauguration up to January;
- what happens on January 20th if any dispute is not resolved.
There will be an opportunity to pose questions.
David Melton is a semi-retired attorney who remains active in bar associations and law reform efforts in the areas of campaign finance reform and election law, civil liberties, federal courts and intellectual property. He worked on a number of pro bono cases in those areas while in practice, and continues to be active in those areas as a co-chair of the Chicago Council of Lawyers Civil Liberties Committee, and a board member of Reform for Illinois and the Chicago Justice Project.
Here is David Melton's outline for the presentation.
Hayes-Tilden Contested Election, 1876, photo New York Magazine
