Republican Rep. Mo Brooks of Alabama reported Wednesday he intends to challenge the Electoral College vote when Congress meets to certify Joe Biden on January 6. Citing widespread voter fraud, Brooks called the 2020 election “the worst election theft in the history of the United States” in an interview with The Hill.
The report certainly caught the attention of President Donald Trump, who reached out to thank Congressman Brooks for his support. Brooks’ sentiment also reflects the attitude of many Americans who recognize the egregious voter irregularities that took place in the early morning hours following election night.
But how would challenging the Electoral College work? According to Congressional Research Service, if at least one member from both the House and Senate challenge a state’s Electoral College returns in writing, both the House and Senate would separately begin two hours of debate and vote on whether to accept a state’s results.
In a case in which both the House and Senate could not agree on a state’s Electoral College vote, that state’s returns would not be included in the certified Electoral College total. Chances of both the Democratic-controlled House and Republican-controlled Senate agreeing on any state are slim, but remain possible.
A second option would include legislative proposals to extend the post-election process as Team Trump investigates allegations of voter fraud in key states. Two bills allow for the Safe Harbor date of voting totals to be delayed until at least January 1, 2021. If implemented, the certification process could be delayed to allow voter irregularities in battleground states to continue investigations past the current December 8 deadline.
So far, investigations into voter fraud in several states have yet to overturn Biden’s victories in any key state. AG Barr even told the Associated Press, “To date, we have not seen fraud on a scale that could have affected a different outcome in the election.”
However, Team Trump’s legal team, led by Rudy Giuliani, continues to unearth numerous examples of widespread fraud in key states. In Georgia, where Republican Governor Kemp has already certified the states Electoral College votes, faces numerous fraud claims.
One group reported the discovery of more than 40,000 votes from residents who had moved from one county to another and had voted in their previous county after 30 days. In Georgia, this act makes a person’s vote illegal.
The same group identified over 14,000 Georgia voters who no longer lived in the state. Keep in mind, Biden won Georgia by only 12,000 votes.
In addition, the ongoing investigation into Dominion software voting “glitches” continues to reveal irregularities in key states, particularly Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Trump led in all three states late into election night. Early the next morning, Americans woke to discover the flipping of tens of thousands of votes toward Biden, making him the oldest President-elect in American history.
Are we to believe the Democratic candidate who remained in his basement for most of the election campaign suddenly flipped multiple Trump states? Did Biden really motivate more than 80 million American voters—the most in the nation’s history and far more than in either Obama election — to turn out to support progressive policies, socialism, and defunding the police and military?
Not likely. But unless a few brave politicians like Rep. Brooks risk their political career to discover the truth, America may be living under its most suspiciously-elected president. For democracy to remain free, the legal vote of each American must be protected.
