Here’s a stab at it. The military will be deployed to enforce fair elections on election day (Nov. 3rd). Once that is revealed, we will have reached a marker of some sorts. November 3rd isn’t the marker, but the day on which it’s announced that the military will be overseeing elections is the marker. That day will be sometime before 11/3.
I’d like to see a tank by every polling place, or an armored personnel carrier.