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In reply to the discussion: Michigan, national GOP seek to delay certification of election results [View all]DownriverDem
(6,226 posts)15. Need to read this too.
Even if Trump were to change the Michigan lawmakers minds on Friday, the Legislature cant amend state law by fiat. A constitutional amendment has to be itself ratified by popular vote, and if its introduced in the Legislature, it first has to pass both houses by supermajority margins. The GOP possesses only a bare legislative majority in either house. Amendments to the election code, meanwhile, are subject to veto by the governor. In Michigan, thats Democrat Gretchen Whitmer, a committed Trump antagonist who would inevitably veto any legislative attempt at the wholesale disenfranchisement of her constituents. Without supermajorities, Republican legislators alone are impotent to override her veto. From Raw Story
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Michigan, national GOP seek to delay certification of election results [View all]
George II
Nov 2020
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They know damed well that it's illegal. An audit can only happen after the vote is certified
catbyte
Nov 2020
#1
Yes, in fact I neglected to include a tweet stating just that. Another idiotic move by republicans.
George II
Nov 2020
#4
Strip away voter suppression & dirty tricks to see that USA is basically liberal & progressive. . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Nov 2020
#3
What if it is? SCOTUS isn't going to rule on this...Neil Katyal President Obama's solicitor gen
Thekaspervote
Nov 2020
#18
IMO They are laying the groundwork to declare they are the victims of a stolen election.
Ford_Prefect
Nov 2020
#16
Yes I know they have no proof. They are appealing to the True Believers in Trump's Death Cult GOP.
Ford_Prefect
Nov 2020
#27
Yes It would. But it goes much better to have a Sacrificial Martyr for the crowd to identify with.
Ford_Prefect
Nov 2020
#42
Constiracy to obstruct a lawful constitutional process, function, or procedure
TryLogic
Nov 2020
#38