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Donald Trump (74) abides by the accusations of electoral fraud. On Tuesday, the president of the United States fired the director of the infrastructure and cybersecurity agency, Chris Krebs, because he had publicly rejected the allegations of alleged electoral fraud.
Trump’s lawsuits are being thrown out by the courts in ranks. In Wayne County, Michigan, two Republicans responsible for overseeing the elections had to back down after they refused to certify and report to the state an election result marked by many blacks.
The current president is running out of time. You only have until December 8 to challenge the election results in individual states. According to federal electoral law, after the so-called “Safe Harbor Day” the result is final. “That’s what all the states are working for,” explains CNN analyst Laura Coates. Otherwise, they run the risk that their constituency will not be counted or that Congress will have to determine the outcome.
Electorate 538 must vote on December 14
“Whatever final decision a state has made before December 8, it is conclusive, final and binding, and no one has the right to doubt it,” Adav Noti of the electoral NGO “Campaign Legal Center” tells Fox News. . .
In theory, states would have until “Electoral College Day” on December 14; then the voters of Trump or Biden would have to go to the respective state capitals and cast their votes. “But if they do it at least six days in advance, they have the protection of federal law.”
This is also pointed out by the American constitutional expert Lawrence Douglas. In an interview with VIEW, he explains the problem of time: “Do not forget that these votes in the electoral college, the so-called electors, are 538 real people who actually perform this type of ceremonial function.”
Specifically, this means: “If Biden Michigan has won, then Biden’s electorate will go to the state capital, Lansing, and will have to vote on December 14.”
Chaos threatens around December 8 in four states
But what if the count in a US state is not final by December 8, because there are still ongoing legal disputes over the validity of the votes?
Then the congress and the respective state government have to decide. This is problematic in politically divided states. This currently affects four states: North Carolina, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. In none of these states are the election results final.
These four states have a Democratic governor but a Republican-controlled Congress. Theoretically, the Democratic governor could decide on “Safe Harbor Day” on December 8 that Joe Biden won, but the Republican Congress could criticize the state against Donald Trump.
That would mean that the electorate of both candidates would go to the respective state capital, and two electoral certificates would arrive in Washington. This actually happened once before in 1876.
