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Nevada attorney general revives 2020 fake electors case
1 week, 4 days ago

Nevada attorney general revives 2020 fake electors case

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — A slate of six Nevada Republicans have again been charged with submitting a bogus certificate to Congress that declared Donald Trump the winner of the presidential battleground’s 2020 election. Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford announced Thursday that the state’s fake electors case had been revived in Carson City, the capital, where he filed a new complaint this …

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US Election: A Ballot Beyond the Basics
1 month, 2 weeks ago

US Election: A Ballot Beyond the Basics

Deccan Chronicle  

The US presidential election is a simple system with two major candidates, one from the Democratic Party and the other from the Republican Party. The voters have the option to choose representatives to state legislatures and local bodies, and they can also participate in referendums on various issues. The process begins months ahead of the election and involves primaries and …

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How the Electoral College System Works: A Comprehensive Explanation
1 month, 3 weeks ago

How the Electoral College System Works: A Comprehensive Explanation

The Hindu  

The U.S. electoral college system involves the selection of the President through a process where each State's voters cast their ballots to choose electors who then vote to select the President. The number of electors allocated to each State is proportional to its population, ensuring equal representation in the election process. In the presidential elections of 2016, there were seven …

Inside Trump's 2024 blueprint for stealing the White House
2 months, 1 week ago

Inside Trump's 2024 blueprint for stealing the White House

Raw Story  

Sometimes I hate being right. As Chief Justice Rehnquist wrote in the 2000 Bush v Goredecision when the US Supreme Court overturned the Florida Supreme Court’s order for a recount that would have given the election to Al Gore: “The individual citizen has no federal constitutional right to vote for electors for the President of the United States… he state …

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How the Electoral Count Reform Act would block attempts to overturn the 2024 election
2 months, 4 weeks ago

How the Electoral Count Reform Act would block attempts to overturn the 2024 election

Raw Story  

In less than two months, voters in Ohio and around the country head to the polls. The Electoral Count Reform Act establishes concrete deadlines for state level certification between the election and the joint session in Congress. But Campaign Legal Center executive director Adav Noti explained some provisions were loose enough to allow Trump allies try upending the 2020 election’s …

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11 'fake electors' from 2020, including Meadows and Giuliani, indicted in Arizona
7 months, 4 weeks ago

11 'fake electors' from 2020, including Meadows and Giuliani, indicted in Arizona

NPR  

11 'fake electors' from 2020, including Meadows and Giuliani, indicted in Arizona An Arizona grand jury has indicted a group of allies of former President Donald Trump for their efforts to try to keep him in power after the 2020 election. CHANG: OK. SCHUTSKY: The 11 that were named are the so-called fake electors, the folks who, like some in …

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Nevada GOP governor stands by Trump amid legal battles, distances himself from GOP ‘fake electors’
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Nevada GOP governor stands by Trump amid legal battles, distances himself from GOP ‘fake electors’

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — Nevada’s Republican governor showed his strongest support Wednesday for Donald Trump in his legal battles since the former president was first indicted for falsifying business records nearly a year ago. Lombardo campaigned with Trump but briefly distanced himself from the former president during a debate in Nevada’s general election, then called Trump “the greatest president” during a …

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Michigan judge rules defendants accused in false elector scheme will not have charges dropped
1 year, 2 months ago

Michigan judge rules defendants accused in false elector scheme will not have charges dropped

Associated Press  

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan defendants accused of participating in a fake elector scheme will not have their charges dropped after the state attorney general said the group was “brainwashed” into believing former President Donald Trump won the 2020 election, a judge ruled Friday morning. The two defendants are part of a group of 16 Michigan Republicans who investigators say met …

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Michigan AG charges participants in 2020 fake elector plot
1 year, 5 months ago

Michigan AG charges participants in 2020 fake elector plot

CNN  

CNN — Sixteen fake electors who signed certificates falsely claiming President Donald Trump won Michigan in the 2020 election have been charged with multiple felonies, state Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Tuesday. Part of a bigger plan Michigan was one of the seven battleground states where the Trump campaign put forward slates of “fake electors” as part of their plan …

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The moral case against the Big Lie: Trump's targeting of Americans laid out in Jan. 6 hearing
2 years, 6 months ago

The moral case against the Big Lie: Trump's targeting of Americans laid out in Jan. 6 hearing

Salon  

As Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., explained in this year's first public hearing of the House select committee investigating January 6, Donald Trump had a "sophisticated seven-part plan to overturn the presidential election." During the first hour of Tuesday's hearing, Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, and Georgia Secretary of State Chief Operating Officer Gabriel Sterling …

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Ginni Thomas’ emails deepen her involvement in 2020 election
2 years, 7 months ago

Ginni Thomas’ emails deepen her involvement in 2020 election

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and a conservative political activist, urged Republican lawmakers in Arizona after the 2020 presidential election to choose their own slate of electors, arguing that results giving Joe Biden a victory in the state were marred by fraud. In the days after The Associated Press and other news organizations …

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Newly revealed emails show Ginni Thomas pressuring Arizona legislators to overturn Trump's loss
2 years, 7 months ago

Newly revealed emails show Ginni Thomas pressuring Arizona legislators to overturn Trump's loss

Raw Story  

Ginni Thomas urged Arizona legislators to reject Joe Biden's popular-vote victory in favor of Donald Trump electors, according to newly revealed emails. The Washington Post obtained communications between Thomas and Russell Bowers, speaker of the Arizona House, and state Rep. Shawnna Bolick, who served on the House elections committee at the time and is currently running for secretary of state, …

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Is DOJ Investigating the Forged Documents Trump Used in His Coup Attempt?
2 years, 11 months ago

Is DOJ Investigating the Forged Documents Trump Used in His Coup Attempt?

Slate  

Last week, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel referred to federal prosecutors a criminal investigation into who was behind a Dec. 14, 2020, certificate falsely attesting that Donald Trump won Michigan’s electoral votes. Shortly before the Dec. 14 announcements, lawyer John Eastman entered the Trump postelection world and reportedly became Trump’s “legal quarterback.” Eastman wrote two memos laying out electoral count …

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New Mexico electors support Biden, as GOP sues to invalidate
4 years ago

New Mexico electors support Biden, as GOP sues to invalidate

Associated Press  

SANTA FE, N.M. — Democratic electors in New Mexico cast their votes for Joe Biden on Monday as the Democratic president-elect cleared the 270-electoral-vote mark to formalize his presidential victory, amid new local protests and objections by Republicans to the voting process and outcome. Trump’s campaign committee filed a lawsuit Monday in U.S. District Court in New Mexico that accused …

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Joe Biden clears 270-vote mark as electors affirm his victory
4 years ago

Joe Biden clears 270-vote mark as electors affirm his victory

Hindustan Times  

The Electoral College gave Joe Biden a majority of its votes Monday, confirming his victory in last month’s election in state-by-state voting that took on added importance this year because of President Donald Trump’s refusal to concede he lost. In Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — the six battleground states that Biden won and Trump contested — electors …

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Joe Biden Officially Wins The US Electoral College Votes
4 years ago

Joe Biden Officially Wins The US Electoral College Votes

The Quint  

This Monday, electors across the United States continue to formally cast their votes for president. So far, the following regions have made their decisions: Nevada electors just cast their six votes for President-elect Joe Biden during a virtual meeting Monday morning. Georgia electors assembled in Atlanta on Monday to give President-Elect Joe Biden the state's 16 votes. Rhode Island’s electors …

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US voters have spoken: What’s next to make it official?
4 years, 1 month ago

US voters have spoken: What’s next to make it official?

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — This year’s election was not the last step in selecting Joe Biden as the next American president. A look at the key steps: — When American citizens voted for Biden or President Donald Trump, they really were voting for electors in their state. Thirty-three states and D.C. have laws or party regulations requiring electors to vote the same …

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Why winning the US popular vote doesn’t ensure victory
4 years, 1 month ago

Why winning the US popular vote doesn’t ensure victory

Al Jazeera  

When Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election despite losing the popular vote by almost three million votes, many around the world wondered: “How is that even possible?” Unlike members of the US House and Senate, who are directly elected by voters, presidents, as spelled out in Article II of the US Constitution are not. The constitution …

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US Elections 2020: What is the Electoral College?
4 years, 2 months ago

US Elections 2020: What is the Electoral College?

Al Jazeera  

A state-based system, not the popular vote, decides the winner of the United States presidential election. In 48 states, these electors “pledge” to vote for the presidential and vice-presidential candidates that receive the most votes in their respective state. Two states – Maine and Nebraska – have slightly different systems: Two electors “pledge” to vote for the candidate that wins …

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