Fake electors try to deliver Arizona's votes

[struggle4progress]

Ronald J. Hansen
Arizona Republic

In another sign of the lingering unrest over President Donald Trump's election loss, an Arizona group sent the National Archives in Washington, D.C., notarized documents last week intended to deliver, wrongly, the state's 11 electoral votes for him.

Copies of the documents obtained by The Arizona Republic show a group that claimed to represent the "sovereign citizens of the Great State of Arizona" submitted signed papers casting votes for what they want: a second term for Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.

Mesa resident Lori Osiecki, 62, helped created a facsimile of the "certificate of ascertainment" that is submitted to formally cast each state's electoral votes as part of an effort to prevent what she views as the fraudulent theft of the election ...

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/12/14/arizona-groups-fake-electors-try-cast-11-electoral-votes-trump/6536056002/

[bluestarone]

1. Hopfully this

Will put him away for quite awhile!

[SharonClark]

2. Also from the linked story:

The 11 electors actually chosen by Arizona voters last month — meeting in an unpublicized location because of security concerns over their task — cast their votes Monday for President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, formalizing the Democrats' victory nationally and in the state.

That was the sane part.

[Blue Owl]

3. Send in the clowns

[SharonClark]

4. This infuriates me!

Arizona's ersatz electors sent their choices using documents notarized by Melanie Hunsaker, who works in real estate. Her husband, Jamie Hunsaker, is a Trump enthusiast and one of the purported electors.

Donald Paul Schween, another would-be elector, has been active in Republican Party politics.

Federico Buck, another real estate veteran, is among the signatories. Others include Cynthia Franco, Sarai Franco, Stewart A. Hogue, Carrie Lundell, Christeen Taryn Moser, Danjee J. Moser, Jessica Panell and Peter Wang. Osiecki attested to the group's eligibility as electors.

It was not immediately clear if the group's effort broke any state or federal laws.

[littlemissmartypants]

5. This video is two years old and isn't related to the story. nt

[struggle4progress]

6. OP is about "Sovereign Citizens" -- and so is the video

[littlemissmartypants]

8. I get that. It just took me a while to make the connection. ❤ nt

[JHB]

9. I'm not complaining.

[Bettie]

7. The incredibly funny part of this is that

"Sovereign Citizens" generally claim not to recognize any government above county sheriffs.

[yellowcanine]

10. If they sent it to the National Archives it is fraud.

If any attempt was made to make it appear as official Nevada electoral votes they can be prosecuted for fraud at least, maybe sedition.

[yellowcanine]

11. They tased the sovereign citizen!

[Arne]

12. He becomes even more sovereign when he's knocked out and dragged.

[Jason1961]

13. These people are so dumb

We really need to work on our education system

We have a bunch of them in Florida