Erosion of Trust in the U.S. Electoral System May Pose Difficulties in the Event of a Tight Outcome
This Halloween season, a palpable sense of unease grips American voters, as the specter of potential electoral upheaval looms over the 2024 presidential race. Many are anxious that the victor might not emerge from the ballot box come election day but rather from a chaotic judicial showdown afterward.
Such turmoil is not without precedent.
Flashback to 2000: the Supreme Court intervened to resolve the contentious showdown between George Bush and Al Gore, ultimately declaring Bush the winner after a fraught manual recount in…