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[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

No. Instead they're gonna have state legislature throw out the results of the election. Which they can probably do, Constitutionally-speaking.

The State legislature pick the electors. Just because they all use a popular vote to do it doesn't mean they can't change the law in between the voting in November and the actual election in December.

[-] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

Ha, I've answered that two or three times to other people here!

I agree that changing or interpreting the law to pick stricty conservative electors is their next strategy, but I don't think it's going to be as simple or successful as they imagine.

Sort of like how they didn't realize sending in forged documents was very likely to fail.

[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Forged documents are illegal. Changing laws regarding how electors are selected isn't.

Heck - way back in 2000 the Supreme Court hinted at the tactic in the majority opinion in Bush v Gore, saying that the Florida legislature probably could have just selected electors directly after the vote.

[-] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

Actually, a lot of the fake electors tried to use the defense that there's no specific law against fake elector documents.

Colorado just signed a law that says fake electors are illegal.

Landscape's a lot turnier then it looks

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