Chapter 23
Twelve Courses
Today is the Super Bowl and Christmas, rolled into one. Pizza and snack foods cover folding tables in MJ’s living room. The celebration and excitement eclipse the trials of yesterday.
Write-in votes delay official election results into the afternoon. MJ and None wait for final tallies, their unopened presents.
LDR News, with anchors Julie Reed and Bruce Cannon, displays on MJ’s ninety-inch TV. Julie says, “Every state finalized results, except California. California Secretary of State, Ivan Pushkin, scheduled a press conference in thirty minutes to announce the official results. We’re projecting None of the Above will earn 326 electoral votes in a landslide victory.”
Bruce says, “It’s not over until it’s over. Lawyers are challenging the results, citing poten
