Ari Berman, a national voting rights correspondent for Mother Jones, recently warned that ongoing actions in Georgia could potentially disrupt the 2024 election and wrongfully benefit Donald Trump. Speaking on MSNBC with host Jonathan Capehart, Berman outlined how far-right MAGA allies in Georgia are proposing measures that could severely slow down the vote-counting process, including demands for hand-counted ballots and extensive reviews.
These efforts, Berman said, may delay the state’s ability to certify its electoral votes in time. Capehart asked, “How could delaying the results in Georgia hand the presidency to Donald Trump?” Berman explained, “What would happen is that Georgia would not certify its electoral college votes in time.”
This delay, he said, could result in no candidate securing a majority of the electoral college votes, which would throw the decision to the House of Representatives—something that hasn’t happened since 1824.
He further elaborated that if the election were decided by the House, the voting would not be by individual members but by state delegations, where Republicans currently hold an advantage. “That is really the nightmare scenario,” Berman warned.
In this scenario, a presidential candidate could lose the popular vote and fail to win a majority of the electoral college, yet still be selected as president by House Republicans. “It might be a far-fetched scenario, but under the Constitution, it is a possible one,” Berman added.
His comments reflect concerns about election integrity and the lengths to which certain factions might go to influence the outcome of the 2024 election. The possibility of Georgia delaying its certification process has raised alarms about how disruptions in key battleground states could ultimately alter the election’s result through constitutional loopholes, potentially undermining the will of the voters.