USA 2020 Elections: Thread

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https://www.axios.com/multiple-senators-oppose-certify-election-results-c5f0610c-91e0-4431-abbe-91b4d860dfd4.html

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is leading a group of 11 Senators who plan to
object to certifying state Electoral College votes on Wednesday.

The group, which includes Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), James Lankford
(R-Okla.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), John Kennedy (R-La.), Marsha
Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and Mike Braun (R-Ind.), and Senators-Elect
Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Bill Hagerty
(R-Tenn.), and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), are also calling for the
resurrection of an Electoral Commission to conduct an emergency audit
of the results.

According to Axios, the move pits the group of GOP Senators against
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who had 'hoped to avoid the
spectacle of his party leading a last-ditch effort to prevent Joe
Biden from being declared the 2020 election winner.'

The move comes after Sen. Josh Howley (R-MO) said that he would raise
a general objection.

"Congress should immediately appoint an Electoral Commission, with
full investigatory and fact-finding authority, to conduct an emergency
10-day audit of the election returns in the disputed states. Once
completed, individual states would evaluate the Commission’s findings
and could convene a special legislative session to certify a change in
their vote, if needed," the eleven Senators said in a statement.

        The group noted a similar commission - made of five
representatives, five senators and five Supreme Court justices -
reviewed allegations of fraud in the 1876 election.
        “Accordingly, we intend to vote on Jan. 6 to reject the
electors from disputed states as not ‘regularly given’ and ‘lawfully
certified’ (the statutory requisite), unless and until that emergency
10-day audit is completed." -Axios

Notably, Democrats have raised similar election challenges in the past.

    The last three times a Republican has been elected president —
Trump in 2016 and George W. Bush in both 2000 and 2004 — Democrats in
the House have brought objections to the electoral votes in states the
GOP nominee won. In early 2005 specifically, Sen. Barbara Boxer,
D-Calif., along with Rep. Stephanie Tubbs, D-Ohio, objected to Bush’s
2004 electoral votes in Ohio. -PJ Media

See below for the full text of a joint statement from the Cruz-led coalition:


"
"America is a Republic whose leaders are chosen in democratic
elections. Those elections, in turn, must comply with the Constitution
and with federal and state law.

"When the voters fairly decide an election, pursuant to the rule of
law, the losing candidate should acknowledge and respect the
legitimacy of that election. And, if the voters choose to elect a new
office-holder, our Nation should have a peaceful transfer of power.

"The election of 2020, like the election of 2016, was hard fought and,
in many swing states, narrowly decided. The 2020 election, however,
featured unprecedented allegations of voter fraud, violations and lax
enforcement of election law, and other voting irregularities.

"Voter fraud has posed a persistent challenge in our elections,
although its breadth and scope are disputed. By any measure, the
allegations of fraud and irregularities in the 2020 election exceed
any in our lifetimes.

"And those allegations are not believed just by one individual
candidate. Instead, they are widespread. Reuters/Ipsos polling,
tragically, shows that 39% of Americans believe ‘the election was
rigged.' That belief is held by Republicans (67%), Democrats (17%),
and Independents (31%).

"Some Members of Congress disagree with that assessment, as do many
members of the media.

"But, whether or not our elected officials or journalists believe it,
that deep distrust of our democratic processes will not magically
disappear. It should concern us all. And it poses an ongoing threat to
the legitimacy of any subsequent administrations.

"Ideally, the courts would have heard evidence and resolved these
claims of serious election fraud. Twice, the Supreme Court had the
opportunity to do so; twice, the Court declined.

"On January 6, it is incumbent on Congress to vote on whether to
certify the 2020 election results. That vote is the lone
constitutional power remaining to consider and force resolution of the
multiple allegations of serious voter fraud.

"At that quadrennial joint session, there is long precedent of
Democratic Members of Congress raising objections to presidential
election results, as they did in 1969, 2001, 2005, and 2017. And, in
both 1969 and 2005, a Democratic Senator joined with a Democratic
House Member in forcing votes in both houses on whether to accept the
presidential electors being challenged.

"The most direct precedent on this question arose in 1877, following
serious allegations of fraud and illegal conduct in the Hayes-Tilden
presidential race. Specifically, the elections in three
states-Florida, Louisiana, and South Carolina-were alleged to have
been conducted illegally.

"In 1877, Congress did not ignore those allegations, nor did the media
simply dismiss those raising them as radicals trying to undermine
democracy. Instead, Congress appointed an Electoral
Commission-consisting of five Senators, five House Members, and five
Supreme Court Justices-to consider and resolve the disputed returns.

"We should follow that precedent. To wit, Congress should immediately
appoint an Electoral Commission, with full investigatory and
fact-finding authority, to conduct an emergency 10-day audit of the
election returns in the disputed states. Once completed, individual
states would evaluate the Commission's findings and could convene a
special legislative session to certify a change in their vote, if
needed.

"Accordingly, we intend to vote on January 6 to reject the electors
from disputed states as not ‘regularly given' and ‘lawfully certified'
(the statutory requisite), unless and until that emergency 10-day
audit is completed.

"We are not naïve. We fully expect most if not all Democrats, and
perhaps more than a few Republicans, to vote otherwise. But support of
election integrity should not be a partisan issue. A fair and credible
audit-conducted expeditiously and completed well before January
20-would dramatically improve Americans' faith in our electoral
process and would significantly enhance the legitimacy of whoever
becomes our next President. We owe that to the People.

"These are matters worthy of the Congress, and entrusted to us to
defend. We do not take this action lightly. We are acting not to
thwart the democratic process, but rather to protect it. And every one
of us should act together to ensure that the election was lawfully
conducted under the Constitution and to do everything we can to
restore faith in our Democracy."
"


https://jonathanturley.org/2021/01/01/treason-is-a-matter-of-dates-boxer-and-democrats-denounce-republicans-for-the-same-challenge-previously-raised-against-republican-presidents/