What you need to know about the Electoral Count Act of 1887 -- in 2020

11:55am PDT - September 3rd, 2020    sandra day o'connor - CNN

When the Supreme Court cut off the Florida recounts in 2000 and decided the case of Bush v. Gore, its 5-4 ruling hinged in part on federal deadlines for state presidential tallies. Now, those same Electoral College deadlines could confound results in the race…