EmilyD wrote:
The E*******l College, the system by which the American people v**e not for president and vice president, but for a smaller group of people, known as e*****rs. E*****rs are usually appointed at party conventions as people who are loyal to those running for office. These e*****rs then cast their v**es directly for president and vice president at a meeting held several weeks after the general e******n, in December following the general e******n. They are supposed to v**e for the candidate that the majority of v**ers in their districts v**ed for.
Rep. Jim Banks objected to certifying the e*****rs for the Arizona and Pennsylvania e*****rs because of the v****g rules and the potential for fraud and a s****n e******n in those states.
Rep. Jim Jordan said this about why he objected to the e*******l v**es of all states because of violation of v****g rules: "We asked for an investigation. We asked Chairman [Jerrold] Nadler [and] Chairwoman [Carolyn] Maloney for an investigation. They said, 'No.' Why?" he asked rhetorically. "Because all the Democrats care about is making sure President Trump isn't president." One of Jordan's biggest complaints was that e******n board officials were making v****g laws in many states. It is the state legislation that is supposed to do that, not the e******n board people, which left a lot of room for bias and potential fraud.
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They are supposed to v**e for the candidate that the majority of v**ers in their districts v**ed for."
The majority of the v**es made from those who are v****g. If 20 v**e , 15 are for person A then those who were chosen to be sent to the college will give their v**es to person A. So since the numbers were for Biden the v**es go to him. The changing of the rules does allow for the potential of fraud. As per Justice Thomas these are from Pennsylvania case,
"Unclear rules threaten to undermine this system. They
sow confusion and ultimately dampen confidence in the in-
tegrity and fairness of e******ns. To prevent confusion, we
have thus repeatedly—although not as consistently as we
should—blocked rule changes made by courts close to an
e******n. "
"We are fortunate that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s
decision to change the receipt deadline for mail-in b****ts
does not appear to have changed the outcome in any federal
e******n. This Court ordered the county boards to segregate
b****ts received later than the deadline set by the legisla-
ture. Order in Republican Party of Pa. v. Boockvar,
No. 20A84. And none of the parties contend that those bal-
lots made an outcome-determinative difference in any rele-
vant federal e******n.
But we may not be so lucky in the future. Indeed, a sep-
arate decision by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court may
have already altered an e******n result. A different petition
argues that after e******n day the Pennsylvania Supreme
Court nullified the legislative requirement that v**ers write
the date on mail-in b****ts. See Pet. for Cert., O. T. 2020,
No. 20–845. According to public reports, one candidate for
a state senate seat claimed victory under what she con-
tended was the legislative rule that dates must be included
on the b****ts. A federal court noted that this candidate
would win by 93 v**es under that rule. Ziccarelli v. Alle-
gheny Cty. Bd. of E******ns, 2021 WL 101683, *1 (WD Pa.,
Jan. 12, 2021). A second candidate claimed victory under
the contrary rule announced by the Pennsylvania Supreme
Court. He was seated."
Not sure about why the link didn't direct you to but that was the one listed on the source page. The pdf does exist.
Https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinons/20pdf/20.542/2_c83.pdf