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Jeff Mandell: “The scheme was so audacious and so contrary to our…”

Featuring: Jeff Mandell, Leader Counsel and Board President, Law Forward | Wisconsin

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Did GOP Get Away With Fake Electors? Featuring Jeff Mandell

Published | Video Starts at 06:23

Why are there not similar lawsuits happening in the other six states where this conspiracy was executed? It's a great question. I think there are a couple of reasons. One of the things that happened here is that The scheme was so audacious and so contrary to our fundamental understandings of how our democracy works that there aren't, at least here in Wisconsin, specific laws that prohibit people from doing them right. We have laws that say once you are an elector, you have to be a faithful elector. You have to vote for the candidate to whom you were pledged and that's how you became an elector. (06:23–06:39)

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Asserts that Wisconsin lacks specific laws prohibiting the actions taken by the fraudulent electors.

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