Two US battleground states seen vulnerable to post-election chaos

August 5, 2024 | David Morgan and Nathan Layne | Reuters

WASHINGTON, Aug 5 (Reuters) – Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, two states seen as must-wins in the Nov. 5 presidential election, have failed to adopt electoral reforms intended to avoid a repeat of the chaos that followed Republican Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn his 2020 defeat. …

“Anybody, not just Democrats, but anybody, should be worried that this is going to happen again with even more chaos and violence than happened in 2020 and 2021.” -Dick Gephardt

“It is a problem. States can mess this up so badly that their votes aren’t counted, or states could deliberately want to screw it up so badly that their votes aren’t counted.” -Rex VanMiddlesworth

“If a state like Pennsylvania can’t get their act together to certify the election results in the presidential election because of ongoing litigation, then it throws the reform act out of kilter.” -Judge John Jones