Nearly 36 officials who refused to certify 2020 election result still in office - report (updated)

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/13/us-election-2020-certification-refuse

Nearly 36 officials who refused to certify 2020 election result still in office – report

Watchdog group’s finding underscores concerns Trump and allies will attack in election certification in swing states

Sam Levine
Tue 13 Aug 2024 07.00 EDT

Nearly three dozen officials who have refused to certify elections since 2020 remain in office and will play a role in certifying the presidential vote in nearly every battleground state this fall, according to a new report by the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (Crew), a watchdog group.

The report underscores the concerns that Donald Trump and allies will attack the certification process at the local level as part of any possible effort to contest a loss in the election. In a presidential election, there are tight deadlines at the local, state and federal levels to certify the vote. Delaying the vote at the local level could cause states to miss deadlines and open up protracted court battles and give oxygen to conspiracy theories.

Concerns about certification also escalated this month when the state board of election in Georgia passed a new rule that allows local election officials to conduct a “reasonable inquiry” if they believe there is a discrepancy in the results.

“The legal ground game that was brought to bear against certifying the election in 2020 was junior varsity compared to what we are going to see this year,” said Joshua Matz, a lawyer on the board of Crew. “There is now a much better organized, much more sophisticated, far better funded and far more intentional effort to thwart the smooth and steady certification of election results required by the law.”

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CREW:
https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-investigations/election-certification-under-threat/

CREW Report(PDF) :
https://www.citizensforethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/ElectionCertificationUnderThreat.pdf

A legal roadmap to protect the 2024 election including from 35 officials who have refused to certify results

In this report, CREW identifies 35 rogue election officials across the country who have already refused to certify election results and may be in a position to do so again. The report focuses on the eight states where county officials have unlawfully refused to certify elections since 2020: Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Michigan. The report also identifies the legal remedies available to state and federal authorities, as well as voters, to protect the certification of the 2024 election.

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[marybourg]

1. "Nearly 36" officials". 35 3/4? 35 7/8?

What an odd construction when talking about indivisible beings.

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3. You're right.

CREW says "35".

I don't know what The Guardian is thinking.

https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-investigations/election-certification-under-threat/

[marybourg]

4. AI?

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5. Maybe.

I can see how someone might change "35" to "almost three dozen" in casual conversation, and if it were a game of "telephone", the next person might change that to "almost 36". But, AI "assistance" seems just as likely, as you suggested.

In any case, it's not casual conversation or a game of telephone, it's journalism. They should have said "35".

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8. I see that they've changed the headline to say "dozens". nt

[marybourg]

9. Haha

[Emile]

2. They should be in jail.

[Think. Again.]

6. K&R

[superpatriotman]

7. We ignore these traitors at our own peril

I lived through Bush v Gore, and I fear this election - no matter the outcome - ends up in the Beef Supreme Court