'Fake electors' from 2020 are casting 2024 votes for Trump while facing felony charges
NPR'Fake electors' from 2020 are casting 2024 votes for Trump while facing felony charges toggle caption Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images Some supporters of President-elect Donald Trump are set to cast their states' Electoral College votes Tuesday while still dealing with felony charges stemming from the last presidential race. Eight of this year's designated Republican presidential electors in Michigan and Nevada were indicted for taking part in what's known as the "fake electors" scheme to reverse Trump's loss in 2020. Why criminally charged "fake electors" can serve as authorized electors Presidential electors are usually leaders of state or local political parties or other longtime party supporters. This year's return of criminally charged electors, Azari adds, "illustrates the ways in which the Trump movement has been incredibly successful at dominating state and local parties and also dominating the narrative around the 2020 election."