2120 United States Presidential Election

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The 2120 United States presidential election was the 85th quadrennial presidential election, held on Wednesday, November 2, 2120. Chicago Mayor James Capone beat Vice President Daysua Valintino despite losing both the populer vote and electoral collage. The campaign was marked with vicious personal attacks and rampant corruption. On election night Valintino won 38 states and Quebec and the District of Columbia with a total of 96 electoral votes, 3 more than was needed for a victory. Capone refused to accept the results of the election. The votes in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Roanoke and Alabama were called into question. Recounts done in all states came up the same as before but Capone would not concede. Capone's supporters popularized the phrase "Capone or Catastrophe" and openly threatened poll workers and election officials.
On December 1st each State legislature met to decide on their states group of electors. Pro-Capone mobs took to the streets in several states to protest the appointing of electors. In Georgia and Pennsylvania the rioters had grown angrier at the refusal of those states to conduct further recounts and at 3:44 PM and 4:16 PM the legislatures of both states were stormed by protesters. Police failed to contain the situation and the rioters set fire to the buildings and destroyed official documents before setting off explosives in the chambers of the legislatures. Pennsylvania police finally entered the building to retake it, the last of the protesters were only cleared out by 7:37 PM. The Georgia state legislature reconvened by 5:58 PM but once again fled at 7:01 PM after a rocket was shot at the building causing an explosion.
Hearing of the situation in Georgia, the Pennsylvania legislature adjourned for the night and reconvened on December 2nd. Both states only finalized their electoral choices by the 2nd and Capone's legal team immediately sued both states for violating their constitutions on the -basis that they had the required time for deciding electors laid out specifically in the constitutions and neither convened in time to meet the deadline. The Supreme Court ruled on December 14th 5-4 in Capone's favor and nullified those states votes. This left neither man with the required 93 electoral votes to become President, thus triggering a contingent election in the house. Capone narrowly managed to win the needed majority with one vote and was sworn in as President on January 20th, 2121.