Category: electoral college

State GOP Lawmakers Call on Congress Members to Back Elector Challenge

December 21, 2020
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Republican lawmakers in Mississipi, South Carolina and Alabama are lobbying fellow Republicans in U.S. Congress to block presidential electors from contested states during the Electoral College vote count on Jan. 6. A group of 30 South Carolina state representatives sent a letter to senators Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) asking them to…

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Disputed Swing State GOP Lawmakers Must Adopt ‘Reclamation’ Resolutions to Stop the Steal

December 21, 2020
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Commentary Though seven states—Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico—had Trump-pledged electors attend and cast votes for the Trump–Pence ticket at the Dec. 14 Electoral College sessions, these actions do not give rise to a true set of “dueling electors.” At the Electoral College—held this year on Dec. 14 at the various state…

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