Panelists discuss potential threats to 2020 Election during a webinar held by UD Law School

Two groups within the University of Dayton School of Law held a webinar Tuesday and discussed some of the potential threats they see in the upcoming Presidential Election. Stock photo of voting sign courtesy of Flickr.

October 28, 2020 | Julia Pucci | Flyer News

Threats to the 2020 Presidential Election were discussed in a media briefing webinar hosted by the Dayton Law Democratic Transition Working Group and Keep Our Republic Tuesday.

The webinar outlined potential issues in voting and harmful maneuvers from different branches of the U.S. government as reasons of concern for the fairness of the 2020 election.

Former U.S. Senator and Democratic presidential nomination candidate for the 1984 and 1988 presidential elections, Gary Hart, called the 2020 presidential election “a high alert election.”

Along with Hart, other speakers at the event such as Mary McCord, former Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security, and Mark Medish, former senior White House and U.S. Treasury official, emphasized the complexities and legal issues this election could encounter because of the state of the country in 2020. …