Four long days after Election Day, Joe Biden finally crept over the line with 279 electoral votes to Donald Trump’s 214. With more than the required 270, and only 45 votes remaining, Joe Biden will be the next President of the United States if recounts or legal challenges don’t overturn the result of several pivotal states in favor of Trump.
It was predicted by many that mail-in votes in their various forms (whether solicited absentee ballots or unsolicited universal mail-in ballots) would play a large role in deciding this election due to the unprecedented challenge presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. For months, controversy surrounded these forms of ballots, and it’s likely that much of the inevitable post-election litigation will focus on mail-in voting (such as the deadline permitted or whether a postmark is required).
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