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May 3

Trump’s fake electors

Hi. Could Trump's indicted fake electors, be part of the next electoral College in their respective states, in the next election? Thank you very much. 151.57.137.28 (talk) 15:31, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

First I've heard of this. I'll have a read now Trump fake electors plot. 2A02:C7B:12B:6B00:6550:C89:C5B8:F933 (talk) 16:29, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Probably. See United_States_Electoral_College#Modern_mechanics for more details EvergreenFir (talk) 16:43, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It is up to the individual states. Theoretically, they could enact laws barring people indicted or convicted of certain crimes to serve as electors. Other than that, I don't think any formalized rule stands in the way. --Lambiam 19:56, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting enough, the laws surrounding eligibility of electors seem fairly unclear to me. For example I looked at Georgia, and didn't find their laws. This page doesn't discuss eligibility requirements. [1] This [2] seems to be the requirements to be a voter/elector in normal elections rather than an elector for the electoral college. Does it also apply to electors from the EC? I found [3] which does show some states have specific eligibility requirements but very few and the most common thing seems to just be they cannot hold an office of profit in the US (including being a US Senator or House of Representatives rep), although some do require that they are eligible to vote. Did they just miss it when complying that source, or do other states not have such laws? As an aside but interesting enough, Utah is one of those states which tries to prevent faithless electors but has an exception if the candidate received a felony conviction which is something that could theoretically come up for the first time ever. Note that for any of the fake electors who were convicted, assuming the state does require them to be eligible to vote this might be enough to disqualify them since felony convictions can do so, although it can be complicated. For example those on probation in Georgia can vote in some cases [4]. Although I'm not sure if any of the fake electors has been convicted yet and how likely it is to happen before the election. (Many states do controversially have laws barring people from voting with some sort of conviction that varies depending on the state, so I find it sort of ironic that possibly many do not apply the same standard to EC electors even if their role is primarily symbolic.) Nil Einne (talk) 08:35, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]