“Doesn’t this also apply to Michigan and Wisconsin?”
I think so.
Two ways to go.
Throw out the state as a whole - state doesn’t count in EC.
Throw out compromised counties. State still contributes to EC.
I don't think you can throw out compromised counties and count other counties. It seems like it is all or nothing.
Since the voters previously elected their state legislators, I would think the US Constitution allows for that body to intervene and select the slate of electors over not sending any EC votes to Congress. Hence, it would be a rare time that the voters are now heard entirely through their legislators.
Your option 2 would not work as it disenfranchises those voters in the bad counties who actually followed the rules, and presumes every voter in the good counties followed the rules.
I read somewhere the legislature is GOP majority... so we know where the kkkraps would stand on this issue.
This raises the question about what does one do with the rest of the ballot. What a mess.
No way any state will let that happen. If any state's entire election-day vote is thrown out, then it will assuredly move to that state's electors and if they decide there was substantial election fraud in that state that compromised its election outcome, those electors could cast their electoral votes for whichever Presidential candidate and Vice Presidential candidate they wish. Heck, if they wanted to, they could choose President Trump for reelection and even choose Kamala Harris as President Trump's Vice President. It's Constitutionally possible to do that.
Better yet, have a do-over in PA with the Nationl Guard watching and purple fingers once you have voted.
Throw out the state as a whole - state doesnt count in EC.
You realize that will guarantee a Biden win.
Responsibility for both EXPLICITLY belongs to Congress in Article II and Amendment XII.
These are nonjusticeable political questions, 5 originalist judges will refuse to hear any of these cases.
Fourth option: throw out all mail in ballots w/o signatures and not returned properly (not in secrecy envelope, etc..)
Finally, haven't we all learned that this is EXACTLY WHY no other country in the world has mail-in ballots en masse like this?
FFS, people stood in line to vote in Iraq and Afghanistan, risking their lives to vote and have their fingers dipped in purple dye to show they voted.
WTF is wrong with America? Bunch of panzies in this country.
I stood in line for almost two hours to vote. Four lower back surgeries, wasn't allowed to have a fold up chair to sit in, nothing. No "express" line for people like me, and I stood their and waited with HUNDREDS of people in front of and behind me during a pandemic. All while a bunch of panzies sat at home, marked a ballot and then whined about how hard it was.
All those people can kiss my lilly white backside. If you refuse to show up then maybe you SHOULDN'T vote! With the exception of the infirmed, handicapped, elderly and those living abroad like our military, there's zero reason to not show up and physically vote.
Bunch of sissies in this country. If that offends anyone, IDGAF. Bunch of damn' sissies. My God, if WW3 were to break out this country would be f**ked.
THIS!!!
If voters know that their votes don't count if their county election officials don't follow the law...THEY WILL ENSURE THAT THEIR OFFICIALS FOLLOW THE LAW.
Instead of playing whack-a-mole every 2 years, the Republican party can leave it up to the local residents to keep the cheaters in line.
From what I understand, Article II of your Constitution assigns the authority to award Electoral Votes soley to each State Legislature.
They vote for electoral laws to govern that process. But if that State’s electoral laws are not followed (due to election fraud) then the State Legislature have the right or duty to litigate and take back the right to award the EV.
It seems that PA is doing something very like this.
Biden should forfeit the state as Michigan and Wisconsin!!! When a team get caught cheating they forfeit!
"Throw out compromised counties. State still contributes to EC."
Maybe, but that is risky. It disqualifies votes for both sides. The cheater could use a strategy of spoiling vote pools that favor their opponent.