Media will panic when they learn about the Electoral College calendar and deadlines

 Are you shocked an Average Jo Senior Citizen found the 2020 Electoral College 2020 Presidential Timeline and will report on it yet Big Media won't? And unlike Big Media when County Examiner writes about legal issues we provide links to ACTUAL DOCUMENTS so you can read them yourself.

These dates are important milestones associated with the sequential processes culminating with the joint session of Congress to count the electoral votes and declare the President and Vice President to be elected. 

Expect Big Media to panic should states experience, ahem, "difficulty" meeting these deadlines. 

The electoral college timeline is governed by the U.S. Code at 3 U.S.C. §§1-18, the Twelfth and Twentieth Amendments to the Constitution, and state laws and political party rules.

According to a Congressional Research Service (CRS)--that would be located in the D.C. Swamp---document dated October 22, 2020 these key Electoral College dates for the 2020 Presidential include:

• November 3, 2020: General Election Day
• November 4-December 14, 2020: Counting Popular Votes and Filing Certificates of Ascertainment
• December 8, 2020: The “Safe Harbor” Deadline
• December 14, 2020: Electors Vote in Their States
• December 23, 2020: Certificates Must Be Delivered to the Designated Officials, including Failure to Deliver Certificates by December 23
  

On Tuesday November 3rd:

"The electors of President and Vice President shall be appointed, in each State, on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November, in every fourth year succeeding every election of a President and Vice President." 3 U.S. Code § 1

— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) November 5, 2020

                   

Between now and December 14th, the states:

"are to count and certify popular vote results according to their respective statutory and procedural requirements. 

When the states have completed their vote counts and ascertained the official results, the U.S. Code (3 U.S.C. §6) requires the state governors to prepare, “as soon as practicable,” documents known as Certificates of Ascertainment of the vote. 

The certificates must list the names of the electors chosen by the voters and the number of votes received in the popular election results, also the names of all losing candidates for elector, and the number of votes they received. Certificates of Ascertainment, which are often signed by state governors, must carry the seal of the state. 

One copy is forwarded to the Archivist of the United States (the Archivist), while six duplicates of the Certificate of Ascertainment must be provided to the electors by December 14, the date on which they meet."

Ballotpedia lists estimated canvassing and election results certifications dates for the 50 states, DC and the Territories. 

What states to keep our eyes on next?

November 10 is a key date for Virginia, Vermont, South Dakota, Oklahoma and Louisiana canvassing, verification and results certifications.