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THE COUNT A practical guide to defending the Constitution in a contested 2020 election by Zack Malitz, Brandon Evans, and Becky Bond

Last updated October 14, 2020  Contact us at hello@thecountguide.com  PREFACE “Get rid of the ballots and you’ll have a very peaceful — there won’t be a transfer, frankly. There will be a continuation.” – Donald Trump, September 23, 2020  “Rule #1: Believe the autocrat.” – Masha Gessen, Autocracy: Rules for Survival Introduction written October 11, 2020  We are days away from the most important election of our lifetimes. If everyone is able to vote and every vote is counted, Donald Trump will lose this election. But, if Joe Biden doesn’t win in a landslide, a narrow margin of victory may not be sufficient to ensure that Biden is sworn in as our next president.  We believe that in a close election, Trump is likely to try to overturn the results of the election by disrupting the normally perfunctory process of casting and counting Electoral College votes. If that happens, we will be in dangerous and uncharted waters.  Many people are skeptical that it will come to this. They argue that

Election Integrity 2020 Election Cases

  election-integrity.info/2020_Election_Cases.htm      2020 US Presidential Election Related Lawsuits (Public Version 10-6-23) (Note: this list is sorted chronologically) # Election Integrity Cases with Trump as Plaintiff Date Filed Topic * Decided on Merits ** State Issue(s) Disposition Ruling Favored Date of Last Order Status 1 Donald J. Trump for Pres., Inc. v. Boockvar, No. 2:20-cv-00966 (Western D PA) 6/29/20 PROCESS NO Pennsylvania Vote-by-Mail (Notice/Cure for Mismatches Missing Signature or Mistakes; Witness Requirements; Failure to include ID/Doc; etc.) Dismissed - Lack Standing on federal claims; Other claims did not have a statutory basis Case Not Fully Heard 10/10/20 Closed 2 Donald J. Trump for President v. Cegavske, No. 2:20-cv-01445 (District NV) 8/04/20 RULES NO Nevada Vote-by-Mail (Claim that Mail Voting Leads to Fraud and/or Vote Dilution) Dismissed - Lacked Standing and Jurisdiction Case Not Fully Heard 10/22/20 Closed 3 RNC/Trump v. Miller, No. 06571 EQCV095986 (Iow