Donald Trump’s latest move when electoral college vote seals electoral defeat

One of Donald Trump’s advisers, Stephen Miller, insisted today that the Trump campaign still has “more than enough time” to overturn “this fraudulent election result”, despite today’s electoral college vote.

A reason for your confidence? In a handful of swing states, the president’s supporters have been holding their own “alternative” votes.

“An alternative list of voters in the contested states is going to vote and we are going to send those results to Congress,” Miller told Fox News.

“You have an alternate voters list in a state like, say, Wisconsin. Or in a state like Georgia. And we’ll make sure those results go side-by-side to Congress.

“We have the opportunity, every day between now and January 20, to say that the list of voters in the contested states is the list that must be certified to defend a free and fair election and an honest result.”

These “alternate” polling station votes that Miller promised took place today.

In Georgia, for example, some Republicans rallied and cast “electoral votes” for Trump, despite Biden winning the state.

The problem is that they don’t actually have valid votes to cast, because they are not actual voters.

The real ones, whose votes really count, were appointed based on legal and certified results in each state.

“Don’t get distracted by these absurd mock electoral votes. They don’t change how everything will play out, as Republicans in Congress could have objected without them,” says law professor Steve Vladeck.

‘Alternative’ voters are denied entry into Michigan

Michigan was a state that Joe Biden won by approximately 155,000 votes, but Donald Trump maintains that he actually won.

Michigan held its actual vote at the electoral college on the State Capitol, which was closed to the public due to security concerns.

But “alternative” Republican voters recently showed up and requested entry into the building. The police detained them, saying that the royal voters had already registered.

This footage comes from Detroit News reporter Riley Beggin.

Pennsylvania Republicans Justify ‘Alternative’ Vote

The Pennsylvania Republican Party has released a statement regarding its vote in the “alternative” electoral college.

“At the request of the Trump campaign, Republican presidential electors gathered today in Harrisburg to cast a conditional vote for Donald Trump,” he says.

“We are taking this procedural vote to preserve any legal claims that may arise in the future,” added Trump Pennsylvania campaign chair Bernie Comfort.

“This was in no way an effort to usurp or impugn the will of Pennsylvania voters.”

Brad Heath, a Reuters crime and justice reporter, notes that the Trump campaign has no remaining legal claims in Pennsylvania and there is no sign of new ones being filed.

The campaign’s largest lawsuit in the state, which Rudy Giuliani argued in court, was dismissed by a panel of conservative judges from the Third District Court of Appeals late last month.

Giuliani and his colleague Jenna Ellis indicated that they would appeal the decision to the Supreme Court of the United States, but more than two weeks have passed and they still have not done so.

What happens next

After today’s electoral college vote is over, there are two basic steps left in the process.

First, on January 6, Congress will formally count the electoral votes cast today.

That will give Republican politicians a chance to object, but since Democrats control a majority in the House of Representatives, there is ultimately not much they can do beyond make some noise.

Miller’s hope is that today’s “alternate” electoral votes will give Republicans in Congress something to talk about.

Professor Vladeck’s point is that nothing stopped them from raising objections anyway. So it all seems pretty pointless.

After Congress counts the votes, Biden’s inauguration will take place on January 20 and he will become the new president.