A deadly virus. An economy on the rocks. Unrest on city streets turning violent. The president alleging fraud weeks before any votes are cast: The 2020 U.S. election is shaping up to be the most volatile and contentious in living memory. As an unprecedented number of Americans cast their votes by mail due to Covid-19, procedural hiccups could have major downstream effects—if, for example, election offices don’t have the resources to process all those ballots. A shortage of poll workers could mean long lines on Nov. 3, deterring some would-be voters. And a potentially slow count, as a crush of mail-in ballots is tallied, raises the risk of a U-turn in who’s perceived as the winner, which would inflame partisan anger and sow doubt in the result.

So...how badly could this election go? In our choose-your-own-election game, see if you can avoid landing in a Supreme Court showdown or constitutional crisis and keep democracy safe (for now).