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joewicker_TX

(73 posts)
Thu Oct 1, 2020, 05:20 PM Oct 2020

Pennsylvania Republicans Put Election Nightmare Scenario In Motion [View all]

Source: Huffington Post

A proposal for a Republican-run committee to investigate the election could be the first step to handing the state’s electors to Trump.

Pennsylvania Republican legislators took the first step on Wednesday toward enacting a nightmare scenario in which they could challenge the outcome of the state’s presidential election if President Donald Trump loses.

Republicans in the state House of Representatives passed a resolution out of the chamber’s government committee on a 15-10 party-line vote to create a special “election integrity committee” of three Republicans and two Democrats to investigate the 2020 election. It could possibly certify its own slate of electors for Trump based on phony charges of voter fraud.

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-pennsylvania-election_n_5f750df6c5b66377b27ce1b5

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If they try to appoint electors without changing the law, it would be super illegal. jorgevlorgan Oct 2020 #1
Any changes to the current law faces a Democratic Governor's veto; Likewise a Democratic SOS and AG hlthe2b Oct 2020 #3
Exactly. There's no way this can legally happen. jorgevlorgan Oct 2020 #4
If this is a bill to establish a commission by state law... regnaD kciN Oct 2020 #13
Even if somehow the gop is unifed in PA jorgevlorgan Oct 2020 #16
Exactly..they are gop cheaters, but most would not be willing to go to prison Thekaspervote Oct 2020 #24
Pennsylvania's constitution requires the governor's signature: NYC Liberal Oct 2020 #28
Democratic Gov? JennyMominFL Oct 2020 #2
Yeah jorgevlorgan Oct 2020 #7
Hysterical click bait - I'll stick with Laurence Tribe's opinion Fiendish Thingy Oct 2020 #5
Ditto elleng Oct 2020 #8
thank you! stillcool Oct 2020 #10
me too llashram Oct 2020 #15
This! DeminPennswoods Oct 2020 #29
Electors rso Oct 2020 #6
Agree, but it does show us the length repugs SharonClark Oct 2020 #9
PA..dem governor..not so fast! Thekaspervote Oct 2020 #11
Yes, but, as I wrote above... regnaD kciN Oct 2020 #17
Current electoral laws signed by a Governor Rule of Claw Oct 2020 #18
This! Thekaspervote Oct 2020 #21
This SCOTUS ruling from 7/20 was about faithless electors but addresses this issue as well Thekaspervote Oct 2020 #23
Winning 3 governorships in 2018.... paleotn Oct 2020 #12
This is the best post I have read today on DU. GulfCoast66 Oct 2020 #19
Thank Goodness for that! So glad we have Dems governors in those states. onetexan Oct 2020 #27
They certainly are, and imagine where we'd be without those flips. Republicans have deurbano Oct 2020 #20
Yes and I have ALWAYS considered Tom Wolf (D-PA) our firewall BumRushDaShow Oct 2020 #25
This should be seen for what it is ... Statistical Oct 2020 #14
But guess what happened? One of their maskless douchebags tested positive and they shutdown BumRushDaShow Oct 2020 #22
Voters get a bit pissed when their will is overturned by deception beachbumbob Oct 2020 #26
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