Category Archives: electoral college

Trump Campaign Files Ridiculous New Expedited Cert Petition, Seeking Supreme Court Order to Overturn PA Election Results, Relying on Fake Electors for Trump from PA as Reported by the Epoch Times

December 20, 2020, 12:03 pmchicanery, electoral college, fraudulent fraud squad, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

John Eastman should be ashamed of this petition for cert and motion to expedite. I won’t go through all of the ridiculous things here, but this is an attempt to challenge PA Supreme Court cases in October and mid-November.… Continue reading

Brook Thomas: “Rule by Law Under a Flawed System to Elect a President”

December 20, 2020, 9:28 amElection Meltdown, electoral collegeRick Hasen

In the Dec 18, 2020, New Yorker, Steve Coll notes that the outdated 1887 Law of Electoral Count enables Trump’s allies to create more havoc when the joint session of Congress meets January 6, 2021, for the official count of… Continue reading

Watch Ned Foley at the Robert H. Jackson Center Talking About Our Most Recent Election and the Electoral College

December 17, 2020, 5:22 pmElection Meltdown, electoral collegeRick Hasen

Archived video.

“Trump’s Last Gasp Will Fail”

December 16, 2020, 9:20 amelectoral collegeRick Hasen

Jerry Goldfeder NYDN oped: Biden shouldn’t worry. Even if Trump supporters can get the required members of Congress to sign on to such objections, and the safe harbor protections are ignored, these protests will still not change the outcome.That’s… Continue reading

“Defying Trump, McConnell Seeks to Squelch Bid to Overturn the Election”

December 16, 2020, 7:15 amelectoral college, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: Breaking with President Trump’s drive to overturn his election loss, Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky on Tuesday congratulated President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. on his victory and began a campaign to keep fellow Republicans from joining a doomed last-ditch… Continue reading

“McConnell urges GOP senators not to object to Electoral College vote”

December 15, 2020, 12:51 pmelectoral collegeRick Hasen

The Hill: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is urging Republicans not to object during Congress’s count and certification of the Electoral College vote next month.McConnell’s comments were made during a caucus call on Tuesday, according to a source familiar… Continue reading

“Team Trump’s Endgame”

December 15, 2020, 8:02 amchicanery, electoral collegeRick Hasen

Lessig tries to to suss out what’s up with the fake alternative electors the Trump team assembled yesterday.

“To Fix the Electoral College, Change the Way Its Votes Are Awarded”

December 15, 2020, 7:00 amelectoral collegeRick Hasen

Kevin Johnson Governing oped.

“As electoral college formalizes Biden’s win, Trump backers hold their own vote”

December 14, 2020, 5:06 pmchicanery, electoral college, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: Republicans in six states won by President-elect Joe Biden held their own electoral college-style votes Monday for President Trump — hoping that future court decisions would throw out Biden’s votes and count the GOP ones instead.These votes have no… Continue reading

Michigan Lawmaker Suggests “Hail Mary” Play Regarding Appointing Presidential Electors in Michigan for Trump and Does Not Rule Out Violence; He’s Been Stripped of His Committee Assignments

December 14, 2020, 8:07 amchicanery, electoral collegeRick Hasen

So troubling.

“Michigan House, Senate close offices due to threats ahead of electors’ meeting”

December 14, 2020, 6:27 amchicanery, electoral collegeRick Hasen

The Detroit News reports.

Trump Campaign Planning on Sending Alternative Slate of Electors to Congress, Per Stephen Miller. It Won’t Matter to the Outcome.

December 14, 2020, 6:22 amelectoral collegeRick Hasen

Here’s the video. These electors have neither been certified by state executives nor purportedly appointed by state legislators. They don’t have legal authority and so this does not affect the counting of Electoral College votes. But it does show that… Continue reading

“Trump Allies Eye Long-Shot Election Reversal in Congress, Testing Pence; Some House Republicans plan to try to use Congress’s tallying of electoral results on Jan. 6 to tip the election to President Trump. The attempt will put Republicans in a pinch.”

December 13, 2020, 4:58 pmchicanery, electoral collegeRick Hasen

NYT: Even if a senator did agree, constitutional scholars say the process is intended to be an arduous one. Once an objection is heard from a member of each house of Congress, senators and representatives will retreat to their chambers… Continue reading