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They are seeking authorization to appeal to the Supreme Court of the country, alleging that the authorities of Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin went beyond their powers when they expanded the possibility of voting by mail, which they did in response to the ongoing pandemic.
Therefore, the more than 20 million votes cast in the four states should be eliminated entirely, the reasoning goes.
17 states have backed the Texas lawsuit. It should be noted, however, that they are represented by Republicans in all cases. All but three states have Republican governors.
President Donald Trump has applied to be a party in the case. After missing a long series of legal shots after the electoral defeat, he writes on Twitter that this case is “the big problem.”
If the case goes to trial and they get it right, it would mean 62 electoral votes would be thrown into the air and Joe Biden no longer has enough for a victory. In such a case, the elected assemblies of the states can decide who receives them.
Although the evaluators see it as unlikely the Supreme Court will decide to raise the matter. And if they do, for formal reasons, they consider it extremely unlikely that they will give the arguments a real audience. Law professors Reuters has spoken to describe the experiment as absurd and ridiculous.
One of the professors speculates that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is being investigated by the FBI on suspicion of bribery and abuse of power, could be seeking the president’s pardon.
In the four wave-making states whose voters’ voices are moved, harsh criticism has come from officials who describe it as a ruthless attack on American democracy.
Parallel to the experiment The states continue to confirm their election results. On Wednesday local time, West Virginia became the latest state to certify the vote, writes CNN. After certification, all potential legal disputes about the result must be resolved.
On Monday, the Electoral College will meet to formally elect a president. The result is then sent to Washington for registration. Biden is expected to receive 306 electoral votes and Trump 232. It takes 270 votes to become president of the United States.
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