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It is incumbent on us, as Americans, to rise to the test and to act with firmness to see this election through to its lawful result with charity for all who might have peaceably disagreed.5, 2020 ByAmerica voted. Now the results will be determined by a combination of local election officials, state officials, corrupt urban political machines, targeted mass violence, lawyers, judges, and even Congress. Added into the volatile mix will be a thoroughly partisan and untrustworthy legacy media, social media giants, and even hostile foreign powers. It is 2020, after all.Four weeks ago, I designed and ran a . It was a joint project of the and the . As a U.S. Army intelligence officer, now a lieutenant colonel in the retired reserve, I’ve used countless “wargames” as a planning tool to anticipate “what ifs?” and plan responses during a period of relative calm before a storm.The Claremont-TPPF exercise brought together 35 experts in constitutional and election law, law enforcement, media and social media, and foreign affairs. Over the course of a week, the team gamed out the most difficult post-election scenario — one involving neither candidate winning with a clear 270 Electoral College vote majority and featuring widespread suspicions of election fraud, competing claims of victory, lawsuits, and destructive mobs.Our simulation came down to Michigan and Pennsylvania, with both President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden short of victory.The post-election taskforce’s findings, detailed in its “,” envisioned the following possibilities, some of which have happened with others likely to follow:As of this writing, it’s entirely possible that either Trump will win reelection or Biden will become the 46th president of the United States via the traditional route of winning 50 percent plus one of the Electoral College votes cast.&nbsp;There is also an increased chance that no candidate will secure an absolute majority of the electors’ ballots, sending the contest to Congress for the first time since 1876.Despite the coming challenges — threatened violence, lawsuits, election fraud, distortion, and selective censorship by the media (both traditional and social) — our Constitution was designed to function in adverse times. This might be such a time.It is incumbent on us, as Americans, to rise to the test and to act with firmness to see this election through to its lawful result with charity for all who might have peaceably disagreed. We have faced more difficult times in our past and have emerged a stronger, freer, and more just nation.Regardless, one thing is certain: America will have a president on Jan. 20, 2021, and our republic will endure.Chuck DeVore is vice president of national initiatives at the Texas Public Policy Foundation and served in the California State Assembly from 2004 to 2010. PhotoCopyright © 2020 The Federalist, a wholly independent division of FDRLST Media, All Rights Reserved.Most Popular- - - -Be lovers of freedom and anxious for the fray.Copyright © 2020 The Federalist, a wholly independent division of FDRLST Media, All Rights Reserved.

It is incumbent on us, as Americans, to rise to the test and to act with firmness to see this election through to its lawful result with charity for all who might have peaceably disagreed.5, 2020 ByAmerica voted. Now the results will be determined by a combination of local election officials, state officials, corrupt urban political machines, targeted mass violence, lawyers, judges, and even Congress. Added into the volatile mix will be a thoroughly partisan and untrustworthy legacy media, social media giants, and even hostile foreign powers. It is 2020, after all.Four weeks ago, I designed...

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