Each state received a number of electors equal to its total congressional representation (Senators + Representatives). How those electors were chosen was left entirely to each state legislature—“in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct.” In the earliest elections that meant a mix of methods: some legislatures simply appointed the electors themselves; others used popular votes (often restricted to property-owning white men) in districts or statewide.
Some states simply appointed electors base on state congresses.
Unprecedented COVID-driven expansion of mail-in/absentee voting, drop boxes, and extended deadlines, often with loosened ID/signature rules compared with prior elections.
Many rule changes came from courts, governors, or secretaries of state rather than state legislatures, raising Electors Clause / Article II questions.
Restricted or limited poll-watcher/observer access at several urban counting sites (Philadelphia, Detroit, Atlanta/Fulton).
Large late-night or early-morning mail-ballot batches in key cities that produced sudden shifts toward Biden.
Fulton County, Georgia: video of ballots retrieved after observers left; later admissions of missing ballot images, some double-scanning, and inconsistent audit tallies. FBI later said some irregularities were substantiated and probed whether they were intentional.
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Antrim County, Michigan: unofficial results initially flipped a Republican county due to mismatched Dominion tabulator card updates (human error). Official canvass and hand count corrected it to a Trump win; some forensic reports raised extra questions about logs and error rates.
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Signature matching, chain-of-custody for drop boxes, and third-party ballot collection varied widely by state and were weaker in some places than in-person voting.
Some ballots counted after Election Day or without clear postmarks in states that extended receipt deadlines.
~$350–400 million in private “Zuck bucks” (Zuckerberg/Chan via CTCL and CEIR) went to local election offices; larger and per-capita grants clustered in Democratic-leaning urban counties in swing states. FEC found no campaign-finance violation.
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Twitter and Facebook suppressed the New York Post Hunter Biden laptop story weeks before Election Day (blocked links, locked the Post’s account). FBI had warned platforms of a possible “hack-and-leak.” The laptop was later authenticated; Jack Dorsey called the suppression a mistake.
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CISA’s Nov. 12, 2020 “most secure election in American history” statement was issued before full canvasses and later criticized as premature; internal records showed CISA was aware of mail-in risks.
60+ lawsuits by Trump allies; vast majority dismissed on standing, laches (too late), or lack of evidence. A few narrow procedural wins (e.g., some PA provisional ballots). Republican-appointed judges also rejected most claims
