Top left: Security footage from Jan. 5 shows attorney Ken Chesebro and Trump 2020 campaign aide Michael Brown carrying fake elector records in envelopes to give to aides at the office of Rep.

With a population of over 39.5 million people, according to the 2020 Census, that means California has one elector for every 732,189 residents. Texas is next, with 40 electoral votes, followed by ...

The majority of the delegates preferred to defer to the states and approved the Elector Qualifications Clause. As James Wilson summarized in records of the Convention, “It was difficult to form ...

The runner-up gets nothing — except in Nebraska and Maine where elector votes are awarded based on congressional district and statewide results. California gets 54 votes in the Electoral College ...

These disparities depend almost entirely on where they live. In Arizona, Michigan and Nevada, every fake elector is facing felony charges except one, whose charges were dropped in a cooperation deal.

At least 14 of the 82 electors chosen to represent the Republican Party – and pledge their vote to Trump should their state vote that way – are tied to “fake elector” schemes in various ...

She had a stint as chairwoman of her county GOP, and recently ran, successfully, to become a presidential elector for Donald Trump in 2024. Once treated as a mere formality, Trump’s attempt to ...

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In 2023, Still was one of 19 people indicted in Georgia as part of an “alternate” elector scheme to illegally overturn the election results in favor of former President Donald Trump.

If they don’t, they’re called a “faithless elector.” Some states have laws that require their electors to vote as pledged. After the electoral votes are counted, a projected winner is ...

At a May hearing, prosecutor Donald Wakeford argued that Still is facing charges for misrepresenting himself as a presidential elector. “It’s a discrete term, which he undoubtedly was not at ...