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2020 election delays

The 2020 debates about delaying federal elections due to emergencies led to a greater understanding of the legal mechanisms for changing election dates.

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Jan 15, 2026
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What did the 51 former intelligence officials say about the laptop in 2020, and how has that assessment been re-evaluated?

Fifty-one former U.S. intelligence officials signed an October 19, 2020 public statement saying the New York Post’s Hunter Biden laptop reporting “has all the classic earmarks of a Russian information...

Jan 18, 2026

How would a postponed or cancelled midterm election affect the balance of power in Congress?

A postponed or cancelled U.S. midterm would be constitutionally fraught and politically seismic: the Constitution delegates election administration to the states but leaves a "residual and superseding...

Jan 8, 2026

Has any U.S. president ever attempted to delay a federal election using emergency powers?

No U.S. president has ever lawfully delayed a scheduled federal election by invoking emergency powers, and there is no statutory or constitutional emergency power that expressly authorizes a president...

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