The 2020 election and its lead-up have not exactly been your run of the mill election season.

American elections often face various challenges, but this year that list of challenges is quite

long.

First, the world is still in the middle of a pandemic.

That's meant that many states have ramped up mail-in voting or added ballot drop boxes

or laid out plans for safety measures around in-person voting.

But those pivots and new plans have meant some errors and some mix-ups along the way.

And some of these voting changes have faced legal challenges.

Plus, this week, as early voting has ramped up around the country, voters have endured

long lines, hours and hours of waiting, and even some technical delays.

Keeping track of all of these voting issues, all of the stories from around the country

about the challenges our electoral system faces this time around can seem pretty impossible.

And understanding which of these pieces matter most to the outcome of the election can

be even harder.

That's where we come in.

On this episode, we'll cover the election-related legal battles likely to have the biggest

impacts.

We'll cover efforts to mislead voters, we'll discuss the mistakes and errors that we've

seen around the country, and we'll take a look at new voting issues that could come up

as election day gets closer.

And as the Senate moves to confirm a new Supreme Court justice, one appointed in the final

weeks before Election Day by a candidate on the ballot, we'll find out what scenarios

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