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(CNN) – Nearly 10 Republicans in the Senate announced Saturday that they will vote against the electoral college vote count next week, at a time when Congress is expected to confirm the victory of President-elect Joe Biden, despite the lack of reliable evidence to indicate the existence of widespread fraud. Scope in the 2020 elections.
Republican lawmakers said they intend to reject polling station votes in various states until a “10-day emergency audit” of the election results in the “disputed states” is completed.
The group includes Senator Ted Cruz from Texas, Ron Johnson from Wisconsin, James Lancford from Oklahoma, Steve Dines from Montana, John Kennedy from Louisiana, Marsha Blackburn from Tennessee, Mike Brown from Indiana, and Senator-elect Cynthia Loomis from Wyoming. Roger Marshall from Kansas, Bill Hagerty from Tennessee and Tommy Toberville from Alabama.
“An honest and reliable investigation, conducted quickly and completed well before January 20, would significantly improve the confidence of Americans in our electoral process and greatly improve the legitimacy of whoever our next president is. We owe it to the people,” they said .
They added that the Jan. 6 vote in Congress was “the only remaining constitutional authority to consider the multiple allegations of serious electoral fraud and enforce its resolution.”
None of the Republicans contested Biden’s victory over his victory on the same day on the same ballots using the same electoral systems.
CNN previously reported that at least 140 Republican members of the House of Representatives will vote against the counting of electoral votes in Congress, according to two members of the Republican Party.
On Wednesday, Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri became the first senator to announce plans to challenge the results.
