x and difficult task. Courts are remiss to intervene in elections, not to mention one of such national significance. Now, despite courts having little precedence in such matters, the presidential election snafu we find ourselves in the midst of is headed into the courts:
If democracy is a messy business, there are few parts messier than the business of voting. Every four years, voters choosing a president are confronted with antiquated ballot boxes, illegible ballot forms, and sacks of ballots that go missing in the night. Fraud and foul-play often play a part—this is an especially rich vein of American political lore. But foul-ups, fecklessness, and the sheer task of collecting and counting tens of millions of ballots also play a part. It’s for this reason, absent evidence of outright fraud, the courts and prosecutors are typically loath to insert themselves in the electoral process. As a result, there aren’t a whole lot of guidelines when a ballot issue does end up in court.
We have seen that the above is true for the constant news media interruptions to programming as each side in this election continues to maintain it is doing the legal thing by seeking court redress as regards the final outcom
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