From American Oversight:

Memos obtained by American Oversight show that in the weeks before Trump supporters in several states gathered to falsely proclaim themselves the true presidential electors in the 2020 election, legislative leaders in Arizona and Wisconsin appear to have sought legal advice regarding whether legislators had the power to alter the selection of electors after the election had taken place.

Both memos, one sent to Arizona Senate President Karen Fann by that state’s Legislative Council and the other to Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos by that state’s Legislative Reference Bureau, confirmed that state lawmakers cannot alter electors’ selections or actions after an election — a democratically dangerous strategy that had been floated by allies of former President Donald Trump seeking to overturn his 2020 election loss.

It isn’t clear whether Fann or Vos sought the guidance in furtherance of such a plan, or whether it was to dismiss calls from the Trump campaign and members of their own party to take such action. Both Fann and Vos would go on to pursue highly partisan and flawed investigations of the election in their states, based on false claims of widespread voter fraud.

In a memo sent to Vos on Nov. 16, 2020, an attorney from Wisconsin’s Legislative Reference Bureau wrote, “You have asked whether the legislature, after a presidential election, may affect the selection or actions of the state’s presidential electors.” The attorney explained that the legislature cannot retroactively change the selection or actions of presidential electors.