Contested Elections: An American Tradition
Will we know who our President is on election night? Probably not, but this is not new for the United States. Tune in to hear our country’s history with contested elections, how we got through them, and possible avenues for the 2020 Presidential Election with Professor Edward Foley from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law.
Sources:
- Smithsonian Magazine article by Robert Speel ‘Four Times the Results of a Presidential Election Were Contested’
- Time article by Olivia B. Waxman ‘Not Every U.S. Presidential Race Has Been Decided on Election Day. Here’s What to Know About America’s History of Contested Elections’
- Wikipedia article ‘1876 United States Presidential Election’