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13. Which federal law would it violate, and who would be charged?
Sun Aug 25, 2024, 10:26 AM
Aug 2024

The Constitution says each state “shall” appoint electors in the manner to be determined by the state legislature.

So it’s a constitutional requirement that a state appoint electors, but how they do it is up to each state.

The only federal law I can see that would apply would be the new, revised Electoral Count Act, but AFAIK, that doesn’t have penalties for election officials, it only dictates how the federal government intervenes and proceeds in cases where the state’s determination of its slate of electors is unresolved, primarily because of candidate challenges, not failure to certify.

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