"What Happens If There Is No Clear Winner?"

According to Jim Rickards, editor of Strategic Intelligence, the difference in this election outcome could not be more clear, and the stakes could not be higher.

"In that sense," says Rickards, "this will be the most consequential election since 1860, when a vote for Lincoln pointed toward a possible Civil War because the South had already made its intentions clear if Lincoln won.

"Today, the Rebels are not Southern secessionists. They are home-grown, neo-Marxists, anarchists, thugs and goon squads who are rioting and looting daily in scores of U.S. cities.

"If Trump wins, you can expect to find U.S. cities in flames within 24 hours of the election results. If Biden wins, the neo-Marxists will have a seat at the table in the form of Bernie Sanders and Alexandra Osasio-Cortez as they insist on the full implementation of their agenda."

And that's if there is a clear winner. What if there isn't? Rickards believes chaos will reign in America.

And he's not the only one.

Law enforcement officials across the nation are on tactical alert in preparation for election unrest. In New York, the NYPD is training and deploying hundreds of extra cops in preparation for civil unrest due to election results, reports MailOnline.

According to Los Angeles Daily News, LAPD sent an internal memo to its officers last week that said they may need to reschedule any vacations around Election Day as the agency prepares for possible protests or other unrest.

After a summer of unrest, Texas police are bracing for possible Election Night violence. "Agencies in at least four major cities--Austin, El Paso, San Antonio, and Fort Worth--confirmed they are planning for potential unrest around the Nov. 3 election," reports The Texas Tribune.

In Portland, Minneapolis, and Seattle, the story is the same. And according to The Washington Post, even the Justice Department is "bracing for possible civil unrest on Election Day" and have set up a command center at FBI headquarters to coordinate the federal response should problems across the country arise.

The bottom line? Pray that peace will prevail, but plan in case it doesn't.

A wise man once said: "Everyone can see what is potentially coming. But if we can't hold a presidential election without violence, how much longer can our system last?" -- Michael Snyder, author

"Do not envy the violent or choose any of their ways" (PROVERBS 3:31).

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• ABC News: 30 officers injured in protests after shooting of knife-wielding man by Philadelphia police
• MYSA: Texas Gov. to order 1,000 troops to cities in case of election violence
• 3CBC Philly: Civil Unrest Across Philadelphia Leads To Looting, Vandalism of Multiple Stores, ATMs Blown Up