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A Supreme Court Case That Could Affect the 2020 Election

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A Supreme Court Case That Could Affect the 2020 Election
An elector places her signed ballot into a ballot box in the House of Representatives chamber of the Pennsylvania Capitol Building in Harrisburg on Dec. 19, 2016. Mark Makela/Getty Images
Rob Natelson
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We don’t elect our president directly. The president is elected about six weeks after the November popular vote by presidential electors chosen by the people.

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Rob Natelson
Rob Natelson
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Robert G. Natelson, a former constitutional law professor, is Senior Fellow in Constitutional Jurisprudence at the Mountain States Policy Center and the Independence Institute. He authored “The Original Constitution” (4th ed., 2025) and is a contributor to the Heritage Foundation’s “Heritage Guide to the Constitution.”
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