Anonymous ID: 0067fd Dec. 23, 2020, 5:41 p.m. No.12151991   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>2009 >>2110

Pro-Trump suit demands governors open legislatures to vote on electors

 

A new suit from the pro-Trump Amistad Project has filed suit in Washington to require five governors open their legislatures to vote on presidential electors, another long-shot play to potentially overturn Joe Biden’s victory. The suit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in the District, demands that legislatures in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin be allowed to certify electors prior to congressional certification in January. Governors in those states urged legislatures to shut down due in part to COVID-19 concerns, and legislative leaders agreed. Legislatures in states such as Pennsylvania closed before this month’s planned vote to certify electors, dashing the Trump Team’s hope of having lawmakers in GOP-controlled bodies pick those voting in the Electoral College, which eventually chose Biden.

 

Amistad said that state legislatures have the constitutional duty to approve the electors and should reopen to do so instead of letting the presidential election results stand. “Kings and queens dissolve parliaments and legislative bodies, not governors. At least that was the case until this year. Governors in these contested states have declared themselves to be the law due to COVID and are now actively preventing the state legislatures from exercising their constitutional authority to review the election process," said Phill Kline, director of the Amistad Project. The suit, which describes problems with elections in those states, would block approving electoral votes from Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin until their legislatures meet in a joint session to vote to certify their electors. “Governors do not have a right to certify election results through fiat,”' said Kline, who had previously argued against a federal law that essentially set Dec. 14 as the date electors had to be chosen.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/pro-trump-suit-demands-governors-open-legislatures-to-vote-on-electors

Anonymous ID: 0067fd Dec. 23, 2020, 5:50 p.m. No.12152073   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>2110

Maricopa County update on Dominion lawsuit

 

Arizona Judge Says State Legislature Has Power To Enforce Maricopa Election Subpoenas

 

State senators in Arizona are ramping up their challenge against election fraud in the state. Chairwoman Kelli Ward (R-Ariz.) gave an update on state legislators’ efforts to promote election integrity. Ward also challenged the county’s decision against complying with election related subpoenas. According to Ward, the judge overseeing the lawsuit claimed the legislators could enforce the subpoenas without the help of the court. “He said he doesn’t know what the court can do because the legislature has the same power as the court to enforce a subpoena,” she stated. On Tuesday, state Senate Republicans filed a lawsuit against election officials in Maricopa County. They requested full compliance with their subpoenas that demand the release of copies of all counted mail-in ballots. This effort has been led by state Senate President Karen Fann (R-Mo.) and state Senator Eddie Farnsworth (R-Ariz.).

 

The lawsuit also demanded that state lawmakers be allowed to conduct their own audit of this year’s elections, including one into Dominion Voting Systems. If they obtain these election materials and find evidence of errors or fraud during the audit, it could give Arizona lawmakers the ability to hand their state’s electoral votes to President Trump. However, state legislators are coming down to the wire. They would have to complete the audit and decide what to do with their findings before January 6, which is when the U.S. Congress is set to review the electoral college vote. Election officials claim they are not able to provide access to voting equipment due to ongoing litigation.

https://www.oann.com/ariz-judge-says-state-legislatures-have-power-to-enforce-maricopa-county-election-subpoenas/

https://twitter.com/AZGOP/status/1341775768339296256