Warnings and more warnings: THEY PLAN TO STEAL ELECTION

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119. The FEC is toothless

And I’m not sure they have jurisdiction over states’ counting and certification, only campaign financing.

It may vary from state to state, but generally, if the votes have been counted, and there is no injunction regarding the counting, then I don’t think any election worker or election board can legally refuse to certify.

I think PA in 2020 is a good example - Trump lost several court cases with false claims of fraud, so there was no injunction to halt counting or certification, yet the board in one county refused to certify after all votes had been counted, violating their oaths (well, 2 out of 3 commissioners refused). Pressure mounted, and threats of legal and criminal consequences (as well as death threats from MAGA nutjobs) increased for several days, maybe a week, until one of the republican commissioners relented and certified the results.

If we see widespread incidents of county boards refusing to certify, things may escalate to the point of Governors/SOS/AGs getting involved, arresting board members and removing authority from these boards.

If things remain unresolved, or the Trump campaign mounts strong enough challenges, it could trigger the new provisions in the Electoral Count Act where the determination of a state’s slate of electors will be made by a three judge panel rather than certified by the state’s executive branch.