At a U.S. Senate election hearing on December 16, several witnesses publicly testified against a number of instances of electoral fraud, including unconstitutional changes to election laws, irregularities in mailing ballots, and blocking investigations.
At the hearing, Republican senators said they believed the fraud had taken place and the evidence was mounting that an honest and credible investigation was necessary in the interest of American democracy.
A Politico/Morning Consult poll by Politico and MorningConsult, a us consultancy, found that 70 per cent of Republicans believe the election was not free or fair.
Democratic senators at the hearing accused Republicans of fraud, and courts have dismissed many of the lawsuits. But witnesses, including Senator Rand Paul, noted that the court’s decision to dismiss the lawsuit was largely procedural rather than based on the fraud allegations themselves.
Ron Johnson, chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, said that despite the Electoral College’s 306 votes for Biden, a significant number of Americans believe the November 3 election is illegal.
The witness gave evidence in public
Representative Francis X. Ryan of Pennsylvania said in testimony that his state’s mail-ballot system for this year’s election was inconsistent, illegal and simply not credible. (See Ryan’s testimony here.)
Pennsylvania’s secretary of state proposed on October 23rd that no signatures be verified on postal ballots. Mr Ryan said this had led to a distinction between voting in person and voting by post, thus removing a key law preventing voting crimes.
In addition, The Pennsylvania figures are inconsistent. On November 4th the Open Data website reported that 3.1m postal votes had been sent, but on November 2nd it reported 2.7m. “No one has explained the difference of 400,000 votes.” Ryan said.
Jesse Binnall, a lawyer for the Trump team, told the hearing that Nevada was rife with electoral fraud and that the Trump team had been inundated with complaints from voters. (See Binner’s testimony here.)
“More than 42,000 people voted repeatedly,” Mr. Binner said. “Our team of experts reviewed the actual voter rolls, compared them to voters with the same name, address and birthday, and came to their conclusions.”
In addition, Nevada changed its election law to ease restrictions on mail-in ballots. “On August 3, 2020, Nevada lawmakers held a hastily convened special session, which ended in a hasty conclave, after which the election law was substantially amended and AB4 was adopted,” Binner said.
Binner also noted that the Trump team’s investigation in Nevada was rejected by election officials. In fact, election officials refused to provide the Trump team with the documents that were supposed to be backed up by paper ballots. Election officials throughout Nevada have “zero transparency.”
Binner had previously filed a lawsuit challenging the election results in Nevada, but it was dismissed by a judge on December 4.
Ken Starr, a former prosecutor and lawyer, testified that Pennsylvania violated the constitution by changing its election laws at the last minute before election Day on November 3.
“The Constitution clearly states that only state legislatures have the power to make laws. I have to say that this blatant violation of the constitution in Pennsylvania could happen in other states as well.” “Starr said.
Starr led the impeachment investigation against former President Bill Clinton, served as a circuit judge, attorney general and was one of President Trump’s defense lawyers during his impeachment.
Citing the 2020 case of Bush v. Gore, Mr. Starr said it upheld the basic claim that the United States cannot change its electoral laws after the fact. By a vote of 7 to 2, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Florida recount violated the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.
The hearing, before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, was the first congressional hearing since Election Day.
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