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Arizona is the fourth state to bring charges against electors who falsely cast votes for Trump in states that President Biden won, along with Michigan, Georgia and Nevada.

New Mexico, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin are the states which have yet to indict their fraudulent electors.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Good, any tampering like that needs to be punished. If that won't happen we are guaranteed it will happen again.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

The problem is these idiots think they're untouchable, and they need to be shown they are not

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Trying to subvert an election and install a dictator? Sounds like treason to me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Treason Lite (tm)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Death is only an option for treason during war time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Are we technically at war with anyone?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Is the US a belligerent in the Korean war? That one hasn't ended technically

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago
[–] [email protected] -3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Damn, wtf?

How about we don't go neolib on their asses and just try them in court?...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

How about we don’t go neolib on their asses and just try them in court?..

Sounds good. They are the party of law and order, I'm sure they will be on board.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/894

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Major lib energy w/ this post lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Aw that’s BOH-RING! The guillotine is going rusty from lack of use.

I thought we try a new trebuchet-based style too.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Don't worry, if these kinds of people can get Trump in regardless of the will of the people, Trump will pardon them for this crime.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The president can't pardon state crimes, you need a governor for that

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

SCOTUS majority (probably): The electoral college is defined by the Constitution, state law doesn't apply to electors, they have to be prosecuted in Federal court.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

They would. I hope Clarence chokes uncomfortably on a fish bone during one of his lavish vacations.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I'm behind on the news. Are they actually members of the electoral college, or are they pretending to be? If they're just pretending, what were the potential consequences of their lie? Are faithless electors still legal?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Not actual electors, just Arizona Republican operatives who certified the election as "Trump Won" even though the vote count showed Biden as getting the majority of the votes. Don't know why the article refers to them as "fake electors", I don't think any of the 11 people in the indictment were the actual Arizona state electors attending the EC... but I'm not going to dig far enough to verify.

The elector would have cast Arizona's votes for the incorrect candidate based on the incorrectly certified popular vote count.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Are they picking bad photos of tRump or has he started to look like death warmed over lately?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Lately? He's old, tired, orange, overweight and covered in makeupwith a ludicrous hairstyle to hide his appearance.