Everyone assumes that elections will take place as scheduled. Let’s pray they do.
If they don't or if they are not reasonably honest, I'd suggest that could be the spark of a new revolution, unfortunately.
Remember that the original American Revolution didn't just start with a single event, but resulted from a never-abating sequence of insults and abuses on the American colonists from the regime of George III, with no representation in London to redress the grievances.