What legal methods could be used to challenge existing electoral outcomes?
What legal methods could be used to challenge existing electoral outcomes?
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Legal methods to challenge existing electoral outcomes include filing an election contest in court, initiating a recount, or bringing a constitutional challenge. Election contests may be brought by a candidate who alleges voting irregularities or other issues that could have affected the outcome of the election. A successful recount would require sufficient evidence to show that the original outcome was incorrect. A constitutional challenge can contest laws that prohibit certain types of ballots or limit access to voting systems.
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What legal methods could be used to challenge existing electoral outcomes?
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In the United States, legal challenges to electoral outcomes can be brought under the Constitution's Electors Clause or through federal statutory law. Constitutional challenges generally focus on alleging an arbitrary denial of the vote count or alleging that certain rules governing the election are invalid. Federal statutory law provides a further challenge under either section 2 of the Voting Rights Act or pursuant to various other elections-related laws which can address vote tabulation, voter registration and voting rights disputes.
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