Opinion: Pennsylvania's fake electors unlikely to be charged

After Michigan's Democratic state attorney general brought charges against 16 fake electors from the 2020 Presidential election last month, many ar...

August 10, 2023
3:54 AM

After Michigan's Democratic state attorney general brought charges against 16 fake electors from the 2020 Presidential election last month, many are wondering whether the fake electors in Pennsylvania - including several in Northeast Pa. - will be charged by state officials. The likely answer is 'no,' because a legal clause was inserted into Pennsylvania's and New Mexico's documents certifying the alternate slate of electors would have validity only if the actual electors pledged to Joe Biden were found to be invalid.