Amistad Project Files Lawsuits Demanding State Legislatures Be Allowed to Certify Electors Prior to Congressional Vote

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The Amistad Project of the Thomas More Society, a national public interest law society, announced late today that it has filed a lawsuit demanding state legislatures be allowed to certify electors prior Congress’ vote on the Electoral College on Jan. 6.

“Kings and Queens dissolve parliaments and legislative bodies, not Governors. At least that was the case until this year. Governors in these contested states have declared themselves to be the law due to COVID and are now actively preventing the state legislatures from exercising their constitutional authority to review the election process,” said Phill Kline, Director of the Amistad Project.

“The governor of Pennsylvania is refusing to allow the legislature there to meet, while in Michigan the attorney general is threatening legislators who disagree with certification with criminal investigation, and Gov. Whitmer uses COVID – and later a non-existent threat – as an excuse to prevent Republicans in Michigan legislature from entering the Capitol Building while Democrats were allowed in the building to vote on certification,” Kline continued.

Under federal law a president-elect is not designated until a joint session of Congress meets and votes on whether to accept the votes of electors from the Electoral College.

Democratic officials in a number of states have prevented President Trump’s electors from being certified or convening special sessions of state legislatures to examine allegations of massive voter fraud.

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