Election law expert Jerry H. Goldfeder, an attorney and professor, and the author of the leading handbook explaining New York election law procedures, has filed this amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in Chiafalo v State of Washington, the presidential elector case.
Goldfeder outlines the circumstances in which an unexpected event might disrupt presidential election day in the United States. He discusses hurricanes, floods, blizzards, earthquakes, terrorist attacks, and significant epidemics. Any of these, if severe enough, might shut down polling in a state and if the election were close, the outcome of the entire presidential election could be in question. Because there is no provision for a re-vote for president (federal law requires states to choose presidential electors in the first week of November in years divisible by four), there might be no solution to settling the election except for an informed decision of the electors in December. The amicus also talks about the possibility of learning something alarming about a president-elect immediately after the popular vote but before the electoral college meets. He suggests a severe heart attack, for example. He concludes that it is essential that electors retain freedom of choice.
US Code
https://uscode.house.gov/browse/prelim@title3/chapter1&edition=prelim
TITLE 3—Front Matter
CHAPTER 1—PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES (sections 1 to 21)
CHAPTER 1—Front Matter
Sec. 1. Time of appointing electors (view pending updates)
Sec. 2. Failure to make choice on prescribed day
Sec. 3. Number of electors
Sec. 4. Vacancies in electoral college
Sec. 5. Determination of controversy as to appointment of electors
Sec. 6. Credentials of electors; transmission to Archivist of the United States and to Congress; public inspection
Sec. 7. Meeting and vote of electors
Sec. 8. Manner of voting
Sec. 9. Certificates of votes for President and Vice President
Sec. 10. Sealing and endorsing certificates
Sec. 11. Disposition of certificates
Sec. 12. Failure of certificates of electors to reach President of the Senate or Archivist of the United States; demand on State for certificate
Sec. 13. Same; demand on district judge for certificate
Sec. 14. Forfeiture for messenger’s neglect of duty
Sec. 15. Counting electoral votes in Congress
Sec. 16. Same; seats for officers and Members of two Houses in joint meeting
Sec. 17. Same; limit of debate in each House
Sec. 18. Same; parliamentary procedure at joint meeting
Sec. 19. Vacancy in offices of both President and Vice President; officers eligible to act
Sec. 20. Resignation or refusal of office
Sec. 21. Definitions
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ALL the possibilities in the EC mess ???
EVERY word constitutional ???